Antonyms for white-hot

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hwahyt-hot, wahyt-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwaɪtˈhɒt, ˈwaɪt-

Definition of white-hot

As in incandescent : adj glowing
As in torrid : adj sensuous
As in burning : adj blazing, flashing
As in burning : adj fervent, excited
As in flaming : adj very angry, vehement
As in impassioned : adj excited, vehement

Example sentences :

Macdonald strode to the forge and took out the bar of white-hot iron.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Grant it but a chink or keyhole, and it shot in like a white-hot arrow.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Blake started up the hillside, his pale eyes like white-hot steel.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

We may raise the temperature, say, of iron, until it is white-hot.
Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson

Instantly a white-hot excitement flared from end to end of the car.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

He had worn out his white-hot rage, but was not yet in full control of himself.
Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland

On the anvil the end of the white-hot bar was immediately laid.
Extract from : « The Iron Horse » by R.M. Ballantyne

Frank, white-hot, with the cry of a man wounded to death bursting from him.
Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry

To take a white-hot iron and sear herself would have been easier than this.
Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill

The bolide was not white-hot, then, as when it passed over Thrawn Island.
Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster

Synonyms for white-hot

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