heated

heat-ed · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Made warm or hot; having been warmed.

  2. 2.

    Characterized by strong emotion, passion, or anger.

  3. 3.

    (verb) Past tense and past participle of "heat."

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    heated debate — an argument with strong emotions
  • •
    heated exchange — an angry conversation
  • •
    heated seats — car seats that can be warmed electronically

Related words

Antonyms: calm, cold, cool
See also: heat, hot, passionate, warm
Synonyms: hot, intense, passionate, warm

Etymology

From Old English haetan ("to heat") with the past participle suffix -ed. The figurative sense of "emotionally intense" developed by the 16th century.