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heat·ed
(hē′tĭd)adj.
Angry; vehement; impassioned: a heated argument.
heat′ed·ly adv.
heated
(ˈhiːtɪd)adj
1. made hot; warmed
2. impassioned or highly emotional
ˈheatedly adv
ˈheatedness n
heat•ed
(ˈhi tɪd)adj.
excited or angry; impassioned; vehement: a heated argument.
[1585–95]
heat′ed•ly, adv.
heat′ed•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | heated - made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated'); "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; "he was all het up and sweaty" hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" |
2. | heated - marked by emotional heat; vehement; "a heated argument" hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" |
heated
adjective
1. impassioned, intense, spirited, excited, angry, violent, bitter, raging, furious, fierce, lively, passionate, animated, frenzied, fiery, stormy, vehement, tempestuous It was a very heated argument.
impassioned calm, peaceful, quiet, reasoned, friendly, mild, rational, subdued, mellow, civilized, serene, dispassionate, unfazed (informal), unruffled, unemotional, half-hearted
impassioned calm, peaceful, quiet, reasoned, friendly, mild, rational, subdued, mellow, civilized, serene, dispassionate, unfazed (informal), unruffled, unemotional, half-hearted
heated
adjective1. Marked by much heat:
3. Fired with intense feeling:
Translations
مُحْتَدِم، ساخِن، شَديد الغَضَبمُسَخَّن، مُحَمّى
ohnivýprudkýrozčilenývyhřívaný
fûtött
hitaîur, heiturreiîur, æstur
vyhrievaný
heated
[ˈhiːtɪd] adj → riscaldato/a (fig) (discussion, argument) → acceso/a, animato/aheated words → parole fpl di fuoco
to grow heated (discussion) → accendersi
heat
(hiːt) noun1. the amount of hotness (of something), especially of things which are very hot. Test the heat of the water before you bath the baby.
2. the warmth from something which is hot. The heat from the fire will dry your coat; the effect of heat on metal; the heat of the sun.
3. the hottest time. the heat of the day.
4. anger or excitement. He didn't mean to be rude – he just said that in the heat of the moment.
5. in a sports competition etc, one of two or more contests from which the winners go on to take part in later stages of the competition. Having won his heat he is going through to the final.
verb (sometimes with up) to make or become hot or warm. We'll heat (up) the soup; The day heats up quickly once the sun has risen.
ˈheated adjective1. having been made hot. a heated swimming-pool.
2. showing anger, excitement etc. a heated argument.
ˈheatedly adverbˈheatedness noun
ˈheater noun
an apparatus which gives out heat in order to warm a room etc, or which heats water etc eg in a water-tank.
ˈheating noun the system of heaters etc which heat a room, building etc. We turn the heating off in the summer.
heat wave a period of very hot weather.
in/on heat (of female animals) in a condition for mating.
see also hot.