adj. Function: adjective
1 moderately warm FF1C; a tepid bath FF1E;
Synonyms: lukewarm, milk-warm, warmish
Related Words: mild, temperate, warm
Contrasted Words: cold, cool, freezing, frozen; heated, hot, steaming
2 lacking in animation, force, passion, conviction, or commitment FF1C; gave only a tepid endorsement to the candidate FF1E;
Synonyms: halfhearted, lukewarm, unenthusiastic; compare ARID 2
Related Words: indifferent; colorless, dull, lifeless, unlively; feeble, marrowless, pithless, sapless, spiritless; dim, faint, forceless, weak
Contrasted Words: animated, forceful; fiery, impassioned, passionate, spirited