tepid
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- moderately warm
- "tepid bath water"
- feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
Adj
- Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tepidus. Cognate with Sanskrit तप् (tap), Proto-Slavic *teplъ.
Synonyms
adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, balmy, blasé, cool, dispassionate, dull, enervated, gallionic, half-hearted, halfhearted, heartless, impassive, indifferent, ineffervescible, insensible, insouciant, jaded, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, Laodicean, lethargic, listless, lotophagous, lukewarm, mild, mopey, nonchalant, nonplussed, phlegmatic, pococurante, shiftless, spiritless, supine, tepid, torpedinous, torpid, unaroused, uncaring, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unimpressible, uninterested, unlively, unmoved, untouched, unzealous, warm, world-weary
Scrabble Score: 8
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