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heated

/ˈhidɪd/
/ˈhitɪd/
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Heated things are warmed up, like a heated swimming pool or a heated bowl of tomato soup.

After a long walk in the snow, the warmth of a heated building feels great, although tasting a meal that's been heated in a microwave too long doesn't feel too great when it burns your tongue. When heated describes an argument, discussion, or dispute, it means "intense, passionate, or agitated." A heated debate between presidential candidates might be exactly what voters hope to see.

Definitions of heated
  1. adjective
    made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
    “a heated swimming pool”
    “wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana”
    synonyms: heated up, het, het up
    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
  2. adjective
    marked by emotional heat; vehement
    “a heated argument”
    synonyms:
    hot
    extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
Pronunciation
US
/ˈhidɪd/
UK
/ˈhitɪd/
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