Antonyms for heat up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : heet |
Phonetic Transcription : hit |
- aid
- alleviate
- appease
- assist
- bore
- calm
- cease
- charm
- cheer
- comfort
- compose
- cool
- debase
- decrease
- deduct
- degrade
- delight
- depress
- detach
- diminish
- discourage
- disenchant
- dishearten
- dissuade
- dull
- enchant
- extinguish
- gratify
- halt
- help
- hinder
- hurt
- ignore
- improve
- injure
- lessen
- let down
- liquefy
- lose
- lower
- lull
- make happy
- melt
- mollify
- pacify
- placate
- play down
- please
- prevent
- put out
- quench
- quiet
- reassure
- receive
- reduce
- remove
- slow
- soften
- soothe
- stop
- subtract
- support
- take away
- tranquilize
- undermine
- upset
- weaken
- withdraw
- worsen
Definition of heat up
Origin :- Old English hætan "to heat; to become hot," from Proto-Germanic *haitijanam (see heat (n.)). Related: Heated (with many variants in Middle English); heating. Cf. Middle Dutch heeten, Dutch heten, German heizen "to heat."
- As in inflame : verb anger, aggravate
- As in intensify : verb make more forceful, severe
- As in arouse : verb excite, entice
- As in reinforce : verb strengthen, augment
- As in supplement : verb add to
- As in add : verb adjoin, increase; make further comment
- As in exacerbate : verb infuriate; make worse
- As in annoy : verb irritate, upset
- Top connectors which heat up during the test are not burned on properly.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- I shall order a barrel of flour at once, and heat up the big oven.
- Extract from : « Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 » by Louisa M. Alcott
- But how about occluded and absorbed gas in the filaments and so on when they heat up?
- Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
- The soup is boiling, my son; the soup is boiling, but how slow is this fire to heat up!
- Extract from : « The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2) » by Charles de Coster
- Let all heat up in the oven for ten minutes, then sprinkle in some currants or sultanas.
- Extract from : « The Belgian Cookbook » by Various
- I was still watching it heat up when I heard the noise behind me.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Played to Lose » by Laurence Mark Janifer
- I heat up in church and cool off walking home, and cough at night.
- Extract from : « The Story of a Life » by J. Breckenridge Ellis
- And, in the summer, they nearly died with the heat up there; and in the winter with the cold.
- Extract from : « The Upward Path » by Various
- But you can not heat up again an interest which has been so often cooled.
- Extract from : « Coelebs In Search of a Wife » by Hannah More
- Without these safeguards, the overloaded electric line will heat up and may start a fire.
- Extract from : « Electricity for the 4-H Scientist » by Eric B. Wilson
Synonyms for heat up
- abrade
- accent
- accentuate
- add fuel
- add fuel to fire
- add insult to injury
- add to
- affix
- aggrandize
- aggravate
- agitate
- alert
- animate
- annex
- annoy
- ante
- append
- arouse
- ask for it
- augment
- awaken
- back up
- badger
- be at
- be on the back of
- bedevil
- beef up
- beleaguer
- bolster
- boost
- bore
- bother
- break
- brighten
- bug
- build up
- burn
- burn up
- buttress
- call
- carry
- chafe
- challenge
- charge up
- complement
- complete
- concentrate
- continue
- cue in
- darken
- deepen
- displease
- distress
- disturb
- egg on
- electrify
- embitter
- emphasize
- energize
- enhance
- enlarge
- enliven
- enrage
- enrich
- envenom
- escalate
- exacerbate
- exalt
- exasperate
- excite
- extend
- fan
- fan the flames
- feed the fire
- figure in
- fill out
- fill up
- fire
- fire up
- flesh out
- foment
- fortify
- foster
- gall
- get
- gnaw
- go from bad to worse
- goad
- grate
- harass
- harden
- harry
- heat
- heat up
- heighten
- henpeck
- hike
- hike up
- hit on
- hit where one lives
- hitch on
- hook on
- hook up with
- hype
- ignite
- impassion
- improve
- incense
- incite
- include
- increase
- inflame
- infuriate
- instigate
- intensate
- intensify
- intoxicate
- irk
- irritate
- jack up
- jazz up
- join together
- kindle
- lend a hand
- light
- lighten
- madden
- magnify
- make waves
- miff
- move
- multiply
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- nudge
- pad
- parlay
- peeve
- perturb
- pester
- pick up
- piggyback
- pillar
- plague
- plug into
- point
- pour it on
- prop
- prop up
- provoke
- punch up
- push button
- push one's button
- put out
- quicken
- raise
- rally
- rattle one's cage
- redouble
- reinforce
- reply
- ride
- rile
- rise
- roil
- rouse
- rub salt in a wound
- ruffle
- run up
- say further
- send
- set off
- sharpen
- shore up
- slap on
- snowball
- soup up
- spark
- speed up
- spike
- spur
- stand up for
- steam up
- step up
- stiffen
- stimulate
- stir
- strengthen
- stress
- stroke
- subsidize
- supplement
- supply
- support
- sustain
- sweeten
- T-off
- tack on
- tag
- tease
- thrill
- tick off
- tone up
- top
- toughen
- trouble
- turn off
- turn on
- underline
- vex
- wake up
- waken
- warm
- whet
- whip up
- work on
- work up
- worry
- worsen
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