warmth

[wawrmth] /wɔrmθ/
noun
1.
the quality or state of being warm; moderate or gentle heat.
2.
the sensation of moderate heat.
3.
liveliness of feelings, emotions, or sympathies; ardor or fervor; enthusiasm or zeal:
She spoke her mind with great warmth. There was warmth in his greeting and in his handshake.
4.
the quality of being intimate and attached:
All children need warmth and affection from their families.
5.
an effect of brightness, cheerfulness, coziness, etc., achieved by the use of warm colors:
The room has warmth since it was redecorated.
6.
the means or ability to produce a sensation of heat:
a jacket with little warmth.
7.
slight anger or irritation:
Her denial betrayed some warmth.
Origin
1125-75; Middle English wermth. See warm, -th1
Related forms
warmthless, adjective
warmthlessness, noun
Synonyms
3. heat, fire, spirit, vigor. 4. tenderness, kindness, affection.
Examples from the web for warmth
  • The fire pit even puts out enough warmth to heat her top deck, she says.
  • Close your curtains to keep out daytime summer heat or keep in nighttime winter warmth.
  • Instead, the heat radiates through the wall into interior rooms, providing long-lasting warmth during the nighttime hours.
  • People around the world use firewood for heat, warmth and cooking.
  • The warmth from that meeting, if there was any, seems to have turned into heat.
  • Often the dogs would find buried travelers, dig through the snow and lie on top of the injured to provide warmth.
  • After all, fungi generally prefer warmth, and no trees have grown on the frozen continent for millions of years.
  • Back in the day, the first-footer also brought coal for warmth.
  • How the frigid economic climate is creating a certain human warmth on our campuses.
  • Rarely is such warmth and humanity present in the world of curriculum vitae, publishing histories, and pedagogic philosophies.
British Dictionary definitions for warmth

warmth

/wɔːmθ/
noun
1.
the state, quality, or sensation of being warm
2.
intensity of emotion: he denied the accusation with some warmth
3.
affection or cordiality
Word Origin and History for warmth
n.

late 12c., wearmth, Proto-Germanic *warmitho- (cf. Middle Low German wermede, Dutch warmte), from *warmo- (see warm (adj.)).