Antonyms for hot
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hot |
| Phonetic Transcription : hÉ’t |
Definition of hot
Origin :- Old English hat "hot, flaming, opposite of cold," also "fervent, fierce, intense, excited," from Proto-Germanic *haita- (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian het, Old Norse heitr, Middle Dutch and Dutch heet, German heiß "hot," Gothic heito "heat of a fever"), from PIE root *kai- "heat" (cf. Lithuanian kaistu "to grow hot").
- The association of hot with sexuality dates back to c.1500. Taste sense of "pungent, acrid, biting" is from 1540s. Sense of "exciting, remarkable, very good" is 1895; that of "stolen" is first recorded 1925 (originally with overtones of "easily identified and difficult to dispose of"); that of "radioactive" is from 1942.
- Hot flashes in the menopausal sense attested from 1887. Hot air "unsubstantiated statements, boastful talk" is from 1900. Hot stuff for anything good or excellent is by 1889. Hot potato in figurative sense is from 1846. The hot and cold in hide-and-seek or guessing games are from hunting (1640s), with notion of tracking a scent.
- adj very high in temperature
- adj spicy to taste
- adj passionate, vehement
- adj new, in vogue
- adj sexually excited
- "Here's a fine letter to read on a hot day," called Percival.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Celine stared, resting no slight weight on the hot flat-iron.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- My brother is hot and fiery; Mr Chatterton is rash and headstrong.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I think it was the homely smell of hot buttered toast that did it.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Under the strain of his muscles, iron bars bent like hot wax.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He'll have his hot supper and his hot tumbler, don't you fear!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Seal the jars while hot, allow them to cool, and then store.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- I trust he has done you no wrong, that you should be so hot against him.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Let these rise and then bake them in a hot oven for about 15 minutes.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- True, there were hot days and restless nights, weary feet, and now and then a heartache.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Synonyms for hot
- acrid
- angry
- animated
- approved
- ardent
- aroused
- baking
- biting
- blazing
- blistering
- boiling
- broiling
- burning
- calescent
- carnal
- close
- concupiscent
- cool
- dandy
- decalescent
- distracted
- eager
- enthusiastic
- erotic
- excited
- favored
- febrile
- fervent
- fervid
- fevered
- feverish
- feverous
- fierce
- fiery
- flaming
- fresh
- furious
- glorious
- groovy
- heated
- humid
- igneous
- ill-tempered
- impassioned
- impetuous
- in demand
- incandescent
- indignant
- inflamed
- intense
- irascible
- just out
- keen
- lascivious
- latest
- lewd
- libidinous
- like an oven
- lustful
- marvelous
- neat
- nifty
- on fire
- ovenlike
- parching
- passionate
- peachy
- peppery
- piping
- piquant
- popular
- prurient
- pungent
- racy
- raging
- recalescent
- recent
- red
- roasting
- salacious
- scalding
- scorching
- searing
- sensual
- sharp
- sizzling
- smoking
- sought-after
- spicy
- steaming
- stormy
- stuffy
- sultry
- summery
- super
- sweltering
- sweltry
- temperamental
- thermogenic
- torrid
- touchy
- trendy
- tropic
- tropical
- up-to-the-minute
- very warm
- violent
- warm
- white
- zestful
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