warmth n 1: the sensation caused by heat energy [syn: heat, warmth] 2: a warmhearted feeling [syn: warmheartedness, warmth] 3: the quality of having a moderate degree of heat; "an agreeable warmth in the house" [syn: warmth, warmness] 4: the trait of being intensely emotional [syn: heat, warmth, passion] 5: a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love [syn: affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth]

warmth noun Date: 13th century 1. the quality or state of being warm in temperature 2. the quality or state of being warm in feeling <a child needing human warmth and family life> 3. a glowing effect produced by the use of warm colors

Warmth \Warmth\, n. 1. The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth. Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ferments. --Addison. 2. A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth. ``Spiritual warmth, and holy fires.'' --Jer. Taylor. That warmth . . . which agrees with Christian zeal. --Sprat. 3. (Paint.) The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn: Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement; vehemence.

warmth n. 1. Glow, moderate heat. 2. Ardor, zeal, fervor, fervency. 3. Enthusiasm, earnestness, eagerness, heat, animation, excitement, vehemence, fervency, passion, intensity, spirit, cordiality.

warmth wɔ:mθ n. 1 heat: We basked in the welcome warmth of the sun. 2 cordiality, heartiness, friendliness, geniality, amiableness, kindliness, tenderness, affability, love: Mother thrives on the warmth of a family environment and should not be put in a nursing home. 3 ardour, effusiveness, enthusiasm, zeal, excitedness, fervour, vehemence, vigour, ebullience, passion: I was taken aback by the warmth of the stranger's greeting. The resolution was debated with considerable warmth. 4 irritation, annoyance, pique: The warmth of his reaction to the accusation is understandable.

137 Moby Thesaurus words for "warmth": abandon, activity, affectionateness, amiability, animal heat, animation, ardency, ardor, benignancy, benignity, blood heat, blush, body heat, bonhomie, brio, briskness, brotherhood, burning, calidity, caloric, coal heat, commitment, committedness, compassion, convected heat, cordiality, dedication, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, earnestness, ecstasy, elan, electric heat, enthusiasm, excitement, faith, faithfulness, feeling of kinship, fellow feeling, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fever, fever heat, fidelity, fieriness, fire, flush, fraternal feeling, friendliness, furor, fury, gas heat, generosity, geniality, glow, goodness, goodness of heart, graciousness, gusto, healthy glow, heart, heart of gold, heartiness, heat, heatedness, heating, hospitableness, hospitality, hot-air heat, hotness, humaneness, humanity, hypothermia, impassionedness, impetuosity, impetus, incalescence, induction heat, intensity, intentness, joie de vivre, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindly disposition, kindness, liberality, life, liveliness, loving kindness, loyalty, lustiness, mettle, molecular heat, neighborliness, niceness, oil heat, open door, openheartedness, passion, passionateness, perkiness, pertness, radiant heat, receptiveness, relish, resolution, robustness, savor, seriousness, sincerity, softheartedness, solar heat, soul, soul of kindness, spirit, spiritedness, steam heat, superheat, superheatedness, sympathy, tenderheartedness, thermal radiation, ultraviolet heat, vehemence, verve, vivacity, warm color, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth of color, warmth of feeling, warmth of heart, zeal, zest, zestfulness

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