WARMTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does warmth mean? 

• WARMTH (noun)
  The noun WARMTH has 5 senses:

1. the sensation caused by heat energy

2. a warmhearted feeling

3. the quality of having a moderate degree of heat

4. the trait of being intensely emotional

5. a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

  Familiarity information: WARMTH used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WARMTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sensation caused by heat energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

heat; warmth

Hypernyms ("warmth" is a kind of...):

temperature (the somatic sensation of cold or heat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A warmhearted feeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

warmheartedness; warmth

Hypernyms ("warmth" is a kind of...):

caring; lovingness (a loving feeling)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of having a moderate degree of heat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

warmness; warmth

Context example:

an agreeable warmth in the house

Hypernyms ("warmth" is a kind of...):

heat; high temperature; hotness (the presence of heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warmth"):

lukewarmness; tepidity; tepidness (a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The trait of being intensely emotional

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heat; passion; warmth

Hypernyms ("warmth" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warmth"):

fieriness (a passionate and quick-tempered nature)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

affectionateness; fondness; lovingness; warmth

Hypernyms ("warmth" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warmth"):

tenderness (a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling)

uxoriousness (foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife)

 Context examples 

She could not equal them in their warmth.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Symptoms of bone infections include: • Pain in the infected area • Chills and fever • Swelling, warmth, and redness

(Bone Infections, NIH)

There was consciousness, animation, and warmth; there was every thing which her countenance or manner could ever have wanted.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The redness and warmth occur because the cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin.

(Inflammatory breast cancer, NCI Dictionary)

There was never any burst of feeling, any warmth of indignation or delight, at the evil or good of others.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

You will have rare control over events because so many planets are back to Capricorn spreading their warmth all over your chart.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But there was no warmth in the embrace, no caress in the contact.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

There was no warmth, no sign of fire.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He was greatly interested to hear that I knew Steerforth, and spoke of him with such warmth that I made him tell Agnes what he thought of him.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The same warmth of heart, the same eagerness of fancy and spirits.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)