[
US
/ˈtɛpɪd/
]
[ UK /tˈɛpɪd/ ]
[ UK /tˈɛpɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
gave only lukewarm support to the candidate
a halfhearted effort -
moderately warm
tepid bath water
he hates lukewarm coffee
How To Use tepid In A Sentence
- C was probably a combined cooling and dressing-room, with a seat in its alcove; D, the tepidarium; E, the caldarium; and F, a specially hot room or sudatorium.
- Teriyaki salmon was seared to a questionable degree of firmness and sat on a dais of tepid mash potato with a nastily commercial sticky teriyaki sauce.
- If your child's temperature rises, sponge her down gently with tepid water.
- Given the long-term tepid outlook for the world economy, is the near-future the right time to force those costs down consumers' throats? Steve Parker: EPA Rates Volt and Leaf: What's Your Choice?
- The tepid liquid flows down my throat and straight to the bottom of my stomach.
- She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.
- Japan suffers from tepid economic growth, draconian immigration policies and a shrinking population.
- A resolutely mainstream, rather tepid drama, it politely uses the devastating 1976 earthquake in Tangshan as a backdrop for a family saga. Michael Giltz: DVDs: Craig Ferguson... Genius?
- The US offered Britain only tepid support. Times, Sunday Times
- Sluggish economic growth means interest rates will stay low amid tepid demand for loans and a reduced risk of accelerating inflation.
