tepid
Syllables: tep·id/ˈtɛpɪd/
tepid adjective: lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
Adjective
tepid (comparative more tepid, superlative most tepid)
- Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.
- Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.
- He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.
- But then England’s last two outings weren’t that impressive – a 1-1 draw with Uruguay and a 1-0 defeat to Japan, both at Wembley – so it’s probably best for everyone not to get too far ahead of themselves. Yet despite the generally tepid nature of pre-tournament warm-ups, and with all their...2026 June 6, Scott Murray, “England v. New Zealand: World Cup warm-up – live”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- uninterested, lukewarm, unconcerned, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf, cool
tepid meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
tepid in Urdu
- کن کنا, نیم گرم
tepid in Bengali
- কুসুম গরম, অনাগ্রহী
tepid in Malayalam
- ഇളം ചൂടുളള, നിരുത്സാഹമായ, വലിയ താത്പര്യമില്ലാത്ത
tepid in Kannada
- ತುಸು ಬೆಚ್ಚಗೆ, ಉಗುರು ಬೆಚ್ಚಗೆ, ಸಪ್ಪೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- tepid in Nepali
- मनतातो manatāto
- tepid in Tagalog
- malahininga
- tepid in Malay
- suam-suam kuku
- tepid in Persian
- ولرم
Examples of tepid in a sentence
- All these pieces establish a climate all too well known in modern dance: studentlike; serious; worthy; mainly heavy-footed; theatrically tepid.
- The water pushed large blocks of tepid air about around his chair, giving the faint illusion of freshness and coolth.
- Ig would have lived in the trough tub, but her lips went blue and quiversome after only a few minutes in even tepid water.
Synonyms of tepid
- Laodicean
- lukewarm
- warm
- mild
- balmy
- uninterested
- unconcerned
- adiaphroistic
- apathetic
- apathistical
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Forms of tepid
| comparative | more tepid |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tepid |
Origin of tepid
Borrowed from Latin tepidus. Cognate with Sanskrit तप् (tap), Proto-Slavic *teplъ.
Words formed from tepid
Questions about tepid
- What does tepid mean?
- Tepid means lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- What is tepid in Urdu?
- Tepid in Urdu is کن کنا, نیم گرم. See Tepid meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is tepid?
- Tepid is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tepid?
- Tepid is pronounced /ˈtɛpɪd/.
Words near tepid in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tepid (page history and authors); tepid (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tepid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tepid (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tepid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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