lukewarm

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Between warm and cool.
2. Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).

Sinonieme

tepid

warm

☀️

half-hearted

halfhearted

cool

🆒

warmish

hot

🥵

milkwarm

feverish

lackadaisical

indifferent

listless

temperate

mild

heated

washy

perfunctory

review

soft

subdued

unconcerned

unenthusiastic

uninterested

vague

dead to

mild-tasting

zealless

attenuated

pale-hued

blase

cold

🥶

cold-hearted

dilute

dull

faint

flat

half-baked

hushed

😯

incurious

low

muted

nonchalant

pale

pastel

Vertalings

tiède

tibio

☀️

lauwarm

lauw

tiepido

morno

lau

tépido

zoel

χλιαρός

tepidus

tebi

tèbia

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌluːkˈwɔːm/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: leukwarm

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: luukwoarm

Verwante met Duits: lauwarm

Verwante met Nederlands: lauw

Verwante met Duits: lau

Verwante met Faroëes: lýggjur

Verwante met Sweeds: ljum

Verwante met Deens: lummer

Verwante met Sweeds: ljummen

In summary

From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German luukwarm (“lukewarm”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”). First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”) (> English dialectal lew), from Old English hlēow (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hleumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱel(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lau (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), ljummen (“lukewarm”) and ly (“warm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish and Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), dialectal Swedish ljummen (“lukewarm”).

Sinne

Dave Thompson from AllMusic called her cover " lukewarm ".

The album met with lukewarm reviews and sales , and breakup rumors swirled .