heated

heated
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. feverous, fervent; excited, agitated; passionate, hot; angry. See heat, agitation, excitement, resentment.Ant., calm, pleasant.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Warmed]
Syn. toasted, fired, cooked, broiled, fried, burnt, parched, scorched; see also baked , burned 1 .
Ant. cool*, frozen, iced.
2. [Fervent]
Syn. fiery, ardent, avid; see excited , passionate 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
passionate, hot, raging, angry, ardent, fervent, intense, excited, vehement, violent, fiery, volcanic.
ANT.: cool, calm, mild
Muslim, infidel, nonbeliever, atheist, idolater, agnostic, skeptic.
ANT.: believer, Christian, Jew, Muslim
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Marked by much heat: ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, fiery, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid. See HOT. 2. Characterized by intense emotion and activity: burning, fervid, fevered, feverish, hectic. See EXCITE, FEELINGS, HOT. 3. Fired with intense feeling: ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid. See FEELINGS.

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