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tepid
adjective
1 tepid water:
lukewarm, warmish, slightly warm;
at room temperature;
French chambré.
antonyms hot; cold.
2 his speech received a tepid response:
unenthusiastic, apathetic, half-hearted, indifferent, cool, lukewarm, uninterested, unconcerned, offhand, perfunctory, desultory, limp, listless;
informal unenthused;
British, vulgar slang half-arsed;
North American, vulgar slang half-assed.
antonyms enthusiastic, passionate.
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