Hot - English meaning

adjective

(typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter.

Usage examples:

An acrimonious dispute about wages

adjective

Stuffy; not ventilated.

Usage examples:

A dusty, airless basement

adjective

Having little or no air from outside, and having no movement of air

Usage examples:

My hotel room was small, airless, and uncomfortable.

adjective

Feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.

Usage examples:

An angry customer

adjective

Having the feeling people get when something unfair, painful, or bad happens

Usage examples:

An angry mob, i hope you aren’t angry with me., he angrily slammed the door.

adjective

Full of life or excitement; lively.

Usage examples:

An animated conversation

verb

Bring to life.

Usage examples:

Prometheus stole fire from heaven to animate his clay men

adjective

Full of interest and energy

Usage examples:

We had a very animated discussion.

adjective

Very enthusiastic or passionate.

Usage examples:

An ardent supporter of the cause of education

adjective

Showing strong feelings; eager

Usage examples:

They were ardent pacifists.

adjective

Having a pleasant and distinctive smell.

Usage examples:

A massage with aromatic oils

noun

A substance or plant emitting a pleasant and distinctive smell.

Usage examples:

For skate in black butter, you begin by poaching the wings in salted, lightly vinegared water with …

adjective

Having a pleasant smell

Usage examples:

Aromatic herbs

verb

Cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

Usage examples:

They bake their own bread and cakes

noun

The action of cooking food by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

Usage examples:

He picked up what was to become a consuming interest in baking

adjective

(of the weather or a place) extremely hot.

Usage examples:

Deep winters and baking summers

adjective

Characterized by pleasantly warm weather.

Usage examples:

The balmy days of late summer

adjective

(of heat) intense.

Usage examples:

The blistering heat of the desert

verb

Form blisters on the skin or other surface.

Usage examples:

The surface of the door began to blister

adjective

Very strong and severe

Usage examples:

The vice president launched a blistering attack on senate republicans.

adjective

At or near boiling point.

Usage examples:

Boiling water

noun

The action of bringing a liquid to the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

Reheat gently to just below boiling

verb

(with reference to a liquid) reach or cause to reach the temperature at which it bubbles and turns to vapour.

Usage examples:

We asked people to boil their drinking water

adjective

Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

Usage examples:

The hotel is close to the sea

adverb

Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.

Usage examples:

They stood close to the door

noun

Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

adjective

Very angry; furious.

Usage examples:

An enraged mob screamed abuse

verb

Make (someone) very angry.

Usage examples:

The students were enraged at these new rules

verb

Past simple and past participle of enrage

Usage examples:

Plans to build a new nightclub in the neighbourhood have enraged local residents., he was enraged a…

adjective

Savagely fierce, cruel, or violent.

Usage examples:

A ferocious beast

adjective

Fierce and violent

Usage examples:

Ferocious wild dogs

adjective

Frightening and violent

Usage examples:

A ferocious dog, a ferocious battle, she's got a ferocious (= very bad) temper., the president came…

adjective

Having or displaying a passionate intensity.

Usage examples:

A fervent supporter of the revolution

adjective

Showing strong and sincere feelings or beliefs

Usage examples:

She was a fervent supporter of art and culture., i fervently hope he’s right.

adjective

Intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree.

Usage examples:

His fervid protestations of love

adjective

Showing strong and sincere feelings or beliefs

Usage examples:

She was a fervent supporter of art and culture., i fervently hope he’s right.

adjective

Having or showing the symptoms of a fever.

Usage examples:

She felt sick and feverish

adjective

Having a fever

Usage examples:

I’m feeling a little feverish – i hope it’s not the flu., they worked from dark to dawn at a feveri…

adjective

Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.

Usage examples:

Fierce fighting continued throughout the day

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

He was fierce proud

adjective

Violent and forceful

Usage examples:

Fierce thunderstorms, the city had been under fierce attack., she’s a fierce critic of us policies.…

adjective

Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly.

Usage examples:

The sun was a fiery ball low on the hills

adjective

Flaming or extremely bright, hot, or of a red color like fire

Usage examples:

A fiery explosion, the fiery rays of the sun, fig. fiery (= spicy hot) chili, he’s known for his fi…

adjective

Burning fiercely and emitting flames.

Usage examples:

They dragged her away from the flaming car

verb

Burn and give off flames.

Usage examples:

A great fire flamed in an open fireplace

adjective

Used to add force, especially anger, to something that is said

Usage examples:

Put that down you flaming idiot!, we had a flaming row over it last night.

adjective

Feeling, showing, or expressing great anger.

Usage examples:

Smith was left fuming following the security breach

noun

The process of exposing wood to ammonia fumes in order to produce dark tints.

Usage examples:

Fuming is a highly toxic process

verb

Feel, show, or express great anger.

Usage examples:

‘we simply cannot have this’, she fumed

adjective

Extremely angry.

Usage examples:

He was furious when he learned about it

adjective

Made warm or hot.

Usage examples:

A heated swimming pool

verb

Make or become hot or warm.

Usage examples:

The room faces north and is difficult to heat

adjective

Excited or angry

Usage examples:

A heated argument/exchange

adjective

Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere.

Usage examples:

A hot and humid day

adjective

(of air and weather) containing extremely small drops of water in the air

Usage examples:

New york is very hot and humid in the summer.

adjective

Filled with or showing great emotion.

Usage examples:

She made an impassioned plea for help

verb

Make passionate.

Usage examples:

Her body had once pleased and impassioned him

adjective

Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Usage examples:

He was indignant at being the object of suspicion

adjective

Angry because of something that is wrong or not fair

Usage examples:

She wrote an indignant letter to the paper complaining about the mayor’s actions., "your assumption…

adjective

(of strong feelings) provoked or intensified.

Usage examples:

Inflamed passions overrode reasoning

verb

Provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone.

Usage examples:

High fines further inflamed public feelings

adjective

(of a part of the body) red, sore, and often swollen, esp. because of infection

Usage examples:

An inflamed tendon in his right shoulder kept him out of the game., [ c ] tennis elbow is an inflam…

verb

Make (someone) extremely angry and impatient.

Usage examples:

I was infuriated by your article

adjective

Of extreme force, degree, or strength.

Usage examples:

The job demands intense concentration

adjective

Extreme

Usage examples:

Intense heat/cold, a look of intense joy, an intense 13-week course, he was young and intense, and …

adjective

Full of life and energy; active and outgoing.

Usage examples:

A lively and uninhibited girl

adjective

Having or showing a lot of energy and enthusiasm, or showing interesting and exciting thought

Usage examples:

We have a lively group of seniors who meet to discuss the books they’ve read., imelda takes a livel…

adjective

(of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid.

Usage examples:

It was a hot, very muggy evening

adjective

(of weather) very warm and humid (= containing a lot of very small drops of water in the air)

abbreviation

Opposite.

adjective

Causing dryness through intense heat.

Usage examples:

A fierce parching heat has set in

verb

Make or become dry through intense heat.

Usage examples:

A piece of grassland parched by the sun

verb

To dry something out because of too much heat and not enough rain

Usage examples:

The fierce sun parched the soil.

adjective

Relating to or marked by passion.

Usage examples:

A current of passional electric energy

noun

A book about the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their feast days.

Usage examples:

A group of manuscripts made for the dowager queen eliska rejka 1315-23 show first-hand knowledge of…

adjective

Having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs.

Usage examples:

Passionate pleas for help

adjective

Full of emotion

Usage examples:

A passionate speech, he really cares passionately about getting students to stay in school.

adjective

Strongly flavoured with pepper or other hot spices.

Usage examples:

A hot, peppery dish

adjective

Having a spicy flavour like pepper

Usage examples:

This salad has a sharp peppery flavour., he was a famously peppery lawyer.

adjective

Having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour.

Usage examples:

A piquant tartare sauce

adjective

Having a strong, slightly sour, slightly spicy taste or smell

Usage examples:

A piquant sauce

adjective

Having a sharply strong taste or smell.

Usage examples:

The pungent smell of frying onions

adjective

(of a smell or taste) very strong, sometimes in an unpleasant way

Usage examples:

Pungent odors

adjective

Showing rage.

Usage examples:

A raging bull

verb

Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger.

Usage examples:

He raged at the futility of it all

adjective

Very severe or extreme

Usage examples:

A raging toothache, a raging thirst, he's got a raging (= high) temperature., a raging bore, a ragi…

noun

The action of cooking something in an oven or over an open fire.

Usage examples:

Maris piper potatoes are ideal for roasting

adjective

Very hot and dry.

Usage examples:

A roasting day in london

verb

Cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire.

Usage examples:

She was going to roast a leg of mutton for sunday dinner

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

Usage examples:

The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

Usage examples:

Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

Very hot.

Usage examples:

The scorching july sun

verb

Burn the surface of (something) with flame or heat.

Usage examples:

Surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast

adjective

(of the weather) very hot

Usage examples:

I don’t want to be outside in this scorching heat., it was scorching hot at the beach.

adjective

Extremely hot or intense.

Usage examples:

The searing heat of the sun

verb

Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat.

Usage examples:

The water got so hot that it seared our lips

adjective

Very hot

Usage examples:

Searing temperatures, gary felt searing pain in his leg.

adjective

Filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.

Usage examples:

His seething resentment finally reached boiling point

verb

(of a liquid) boil or be turbulent as if boiling.

Usage examples:

The grey ocean seethed

adjective

Extremely angry but unable or unwilling to express it clearly

Usage examples:

A feeling of seething resentment led to angry exchanges between the teams., a seething mass of chil…

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

Usage examples:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Usage examples:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Usage examples:

Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

adjective

Flavoured with spice.

Usage examples:

Turbot with a spiced sauce

verb

Flavour with spice.

Usage examples:

I've spiced the stew with cloves, pepper, and fennel seed

verb

Past simple and past participle of spice

Usage examples:

Coffee spiced with cinnamon, a highly spiced curry

adjective

Flavoured with or fragrant with spice.

Usage examples:

Pasta in a spicy tomato sauce

adjective

Flavored with spices that are hot to the taste

Usage examples:

Spicy mexican food

adjective

Full of energy, enthusiasm, and determination.

Usage examples:

A spirited campaigner for women's rights

verb

Convey rapidly and secretly.

Usage examples:

Stolen cows were spirited away some distance to prevent detection

adjective

Full of energy and enthusiasm

Usage examples:

It was an unusually spirited performance of the play.

adjective

(of weather) characterized by strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

Usage examples:

A dark and stormy night

adjective

Having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks.

Usage examples:

She cut through the water with her strong arms

adjective

Physically powerful or energetic

Usage examples:

You must be strong to be able to lift all that weight., i feel a little stronger every day., strong…

adjective

An activity or industry that is strong is growing and becoming more successful

Usage examples:

Economic news has been better than expected, with retail sales remaining strong., worldwide sales b…

adjective

(of the air or weather) hot and humid.

Usage examples:

The sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects

adjective

(of weather) very hot and humid (= with air that contains very small drops of water)

Usage examples:

It was a sultry night, and i was walking home., a sultry dance

adjective

Characteristic of or suitable for summer.

Usage examples:

We were blessed with summery weather

adjective

Typical of or suitable for summer

Usage examples:

Clare walked by looking very summery in a pale blue sundress.

adjective

Uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

A sweltering english summer

verb

Be uncomfortably hot.

Usage examples:

Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform

adjective

Extremely hot

Usage examples:

A sweltering summer day

adjective

Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion.

Usage examples:

He had a reckless and tempestuous streak

adjective

Very hot and dry.

Usage examples:

The torrid heat of the afternoon

adjective

(of weather) extremely hot

Usage examples:

Summers in the tropics are torrid., he kept up his torrid hitting pace with a sixth homer in eight …

adjective

A torrid period of time is full of difficult problems

Usage examples:

The manufacturing sector is going through torrid times., these were a torrid few days for spanish i…

adjective

Of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics.

Usage examples:

Tropical countries

adjective

Of or characteristic of the tropics (= the hottest area of the earth)

Usage examples:

A tropical climate, a tropical storm

adjective

Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

Usage examples:

A violent confrontation with riot police

adjective

Using or involving force to hurt or attack

Usage examples:

Violent crime, the police are concerned about the possibility of violent behavior at the demonstrat…

adjective

Full of or characterized by intense anger.

Usage examples:

Natural calamities seemed to be the work of a wrathful deity

adjective

Very angry, or often feeling strong anger

Usage examples:

It is not in mr freeman's nature to be wrathful or jealous., his hero-worship turns into wrathful j…