warmth
UK/wɔːmθ//wɔɹmθ/
warmth noun: a moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
Noun
warmth (countable and uncountable, plural warmths)
- A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
- Friendliness, kindness or affection.
- Included in the crowd of more than 10,000 was a gay contingent of over 100. A large banner proclaiming "Gay American Revolution" beckoned other gay marchers to join the contingent. Several participants said that they were pleased with the noticeable warmth of the other demonstrators toward the gay...1973 December 22, “Boston Tea Party”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 1
- Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression.
- "You don't know him—don't pronounce an opinion upon him," I said with warmth.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “CHAPTER XXXIII”, in Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC
- The effect of using mostly red and yellow hues.
warmth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
warmth in Hindi
- moderate heat; sensation of being warm
- तपन tapan
warmth in Tamil
- warmth, cosiness
- கதகதப்பு katakatappu
warmth in Marathi
- warmth, as of emotion or tone
- उष्णता uṣṇatā
- warmth; tenderness; emotional softness
- ओलावा olāvā
warmth in Urdu
- آنچ, چاؤ, گرمی, حرارت, حدت, جوش
More languagesFewer languages
- warmth in Bengali
- অম om
- warmth in Telugu
- వెట్ట veṭṭa
- warmth in Malayalam
- ഇളംചൂട്, തീക്ഷ്ണത, ഉത്സാഹം, സൗഹാർദ്ദം
- warmth in Kannada
- ಬಿಸಿ, ಬೆಚ್ಚಗಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಪದಪು, ಹುರುಪು
- warmth in Punjabi
- ਨਿੱਘ
- warmth in Sanskrit
- तपस् tapas, घर्म gharma
- warmth in Assamese
- উম um, উহনি uhoni
- warmth in Arabic
- دفاء difāʔ
- warmth in Indonesian
- kehangatan
- warmth in Persian
- گرمی garmi
Examples of warmth in a sentence
- The campfire died down, but it's still burning enough to feel some warmth through the night.
- He preferred being cleanshaven, but he grew a beard for warmth during winter .
- I rubbed my hands together for warmth.
Forms of warmth
| plural | warmths |
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Origin of warmth
From Middle English warmth, warmeth, wermþe, from Old English *wiermþu (“warmth”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmiþu (“warmness; warmth”), corresponding to warm + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waarmte (“warmth”), West Frisian waarmte (“warmth”), Dutch warmte (“warmth”), German Low German Warmte, Warmt (“warmth”).
Words formed from warmth
Questions about warmth
- What does warmth mean?
- Warmth means a moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
- What is warmth in Hindi?
- Warmth in Hindi is तपन (tapan). See Warmth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is warmth?
- Warmth is a noun.
- How do you pronounce warmth?
- Warmth is pronounced /wɔːmθ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of warmth?
- The plural of warmth is warmths.
Words near warmth in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: warmth (page history and authors); கதகதப்பு (Tamil) (page history and authors); उष्णता (Marathi) (page history and authors); warmth (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অম (Bengali) (page history and authors); వెట్ట (Telugu) (page history and authors); warmth (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warmth (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warmth (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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