Antonyms for warmish

Grammar : Adj

Spell : wawrm

Phonetic Transcription : wɔrm

Definition of warmish

Origin : Old English wyrman "make warm" and wearmian "become warm;" from the root of warm (adj.). Phrase warm the bench is sports jargon first recorded 1907. Warm up (v.) "exercise before an activity" is attested from 1868. In reference to appliances, motors, etc., attested from 1947. Noun phrase warm-up "act or practice of warming up" is recorded from 1915. Related: Warmed; warming.
SCOTCH WARMING PAN. A wench. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1788]

As in lukewarm : adj slightly heated
As in tepid : adj lukewarm
As in warm : adj moderately hot

Example sentences :

Theer's a warmish bit afore us, and it's well to have summat to work on.
Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray

Yer knew the business was likely ter be warmish, fer Jacob had as good as said so.
Extract from : « Indian and Scout » by F. S. Brereton

She has so much hair it makes her head look small, a sort of light chestnut, with warmish streaks in it.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

The paper should be rinsed in cold water, as warmish water will cause air-bells instead of preventing them.
Extract from : « Bromide Printing and Enlarging » by John A. Tennant

It was then June, and we had snow on the hills, though the weather below was warmish.
Extract from : « A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX. » by Robert Kerr

They can be kept in a shallow pan, and if the water is warmish and they are left undisturbed for a time, they will move about.
Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various

But there had been a mother to his father: odd movements of a warmish curiosity brushed him when the cynic was not mounting guard.
Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith

Carhart dismounted, felt the pulse of the young man, and then bathed his temples with the warmish water.
Extract from : « The Road Builders » by Samuel Merwin

These Dons have given you and the youngster a warmish time, and have roused you into a temper.
Extract from : « Under the Star-Spangled Banner » by F. S. Brereton

It was a warmish night, with a kind of damp smell exhaling from the shrubs and hedges.
Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Synonyms for warmish

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