English-Thai Dictionary

lukewarm

ADJ ค่อนข้าง อุ่น  อุ่น พอสมควร  tepid warm temperate kon-kang-un

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUKEWARM

a. 1. Moderately warm; tepid; as lukewarm water; lukewarm heat.
2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent; as lukewarm obedience; lukewarm patriots. Revelation 3:16.

 

LUKEWARMLY

adv. 1. With moderate warmth.
2. With indifference; coolly.

 

LUKEWARMNESS

n. 1. A mild or moderate heat.
2. Indifference; want of zeal or ardor; coldness.
The defect of zeal is lukewarmness, or coldness in religion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LUKEWARM

Luke "warm `, a. Etym: [See Luke. ]

 

Defn: Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood. " Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison. An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden. -- Luce "warm `ly, adv. -- Luce "warm `ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lukewarm

luke warm |ˈlo͞okˈwôrm ˈlukˈˌwɔrm | ▶adjective (of liquid or food that should be hot ) only moderately warm; tepid: they drank bitter lukewarm coffee. • (of a person, attitude, or action ) unenthusiastic: the universities were lukewarm about the proposal from the start. DERIVATIVES luke warm ly adverb, luke warm ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from dialect luke (probably from dialect lew ‘lukewarm ’ and related to lee ) + warm .

 

Oxford Dictionary

lukewarm

luke |warm |ˈluːkwɔːm, luːkˈwɔːm, lj- | ▶adjective (of liquid or food that should be hot ) only moderately warm; tepid: they drank bitter lukewarm coffee. • (of a person, attitude, or action ) unenthusiastic: Britain is lukewarm about the proposal. DERIVATIVES lukewarmly adverb, lukewarmness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from dialect luke (probably from dialect lew ‘lukewarm ’ and related to lee ) + warm .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

lukewarm

lukewarm adjective 1 lukewarm coffee: tepid, slightly warm, warmish, at room temperature, chambré. ANTONYMS hot, cold. 2 a lukewarm response: indifferent, cool, halfhearted, apathetic, unenthusiastic, tepid, perfunctory, noncommittal, lackadaisical; informal laid-back, unenthused, couldn't-care-less. ANTONYMS enthusiastic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

lukewarm

lukewarm adjective 1 they drank bitter lukewarm coffee: tepid, slightly warm, warmish, blood-hot, blood-warm, at room temperature, at skin temperature; French chambré. ANTONYMS hot; cold. 2 elsewhere in the country, however, the idea met with a lukewarm response: indifferent, cool, half-hearted, apathetic, unenthusiastic, tepid, uninterested, unconcerned, offhand, lackadaisical, perfunctory, phlegmatic, impassive, dispassionate, emotionless, passionless, limp, non-committal, unresponsive, unmoved; informal laid-back, unenthused, couldn't-care-less; Brit. vulgar slang half-arsed; rare Laodicean. ANTONYMS enthusiastic.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

lukewarm

luke warm /lùːkwɔ́ː r m /形容詞 1 〈液体が 〉生ぬるい (tepid ).2 〈態度などが 〉生ぬるい, 熱のない, 煮え切らない ▸ lukewarm support 力の入らない支持 ～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞