What does lukewarmness mean?
Lukewarmness means The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness..
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/luːkˈwɔːmnəs/ · noun
The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness..
1665, Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, Discourse II, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, London: A. Millar, 1744, Volume II, p. 246, And indeed, there is scarce any quality, for whose differences we have fewer distinct names, having scarce any for the many degrees of coldness, that may be conceived to be intermediate, betwixt lukewarmness and the freezing degree of cold […]
Mr. Hale was disappointed in his pupil’s lukewarmness about Greek literature, which had but a short time ago so great an interest for him.
Sazonov was furious at the lukewarmness of the British and French reactions to Russia's protests.
Use lukewarmness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lukewarmness means The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness..
Common synonyms include lukewarmth, tepidity, tepidness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1665, Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, Discourse II, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, London: A. Millar, 1744, Volume II, p. 246, And indeed, there is scarce any quality, for whose differences we have fewer distinct names, having scarce any for the many degrees of coldness, that may be conceived to be intermediate, betwixt lukewarmness and the freezing degree of cold […]
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