hottish

adjective

Definition of hottishnext
as in warm
having or giving off heat to a moderate degree the island's temperature is mild in winter and hottish in summer, but never extreme

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hottish
  1. warm
  2. heated
  3. boiling
Adjective
  • Dev rolled down the cuffs of his shirt to keep warm.
    Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
  • To keep warm, pack an insulated coat or jacket designed to block out the wind.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of warm
Adjective
  • The sprawling backyard area has a heated swimming pool.
    Lana Bortolot, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Another incident was a heated disagreement with defender Todibo at half-time of the 5-2 home defeat against Arsenal at the end of November.
    Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of heated
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Definition of boiling
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Thesaurus Entries Near hottish

hotting (up)

hottish

hot under the collar

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