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heated

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhiːtɪd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH IY1 T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Very agitated, angry or impassioned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a heated argument
  • heated discussion
  • heated row

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Made warm or hot by some means.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Examples

  • a heated greenhouse / swimming pool / towel rail

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of heat

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a heated swimming pool
  • wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana
  • he was all het up and sweaty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heated up, het, het up

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

marked by emotional heat; vehement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a heated argument

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: разгорещен (razgorešten) — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Esperanto: ekscitita — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Finnish: kiivas — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Finnish: kiihkeä — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • German: hitzig — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Hungarian: heves — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Interlingua: calorose — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Italian: riscaldato — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Norwegian Bokmål: opphetet — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppheta — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Romanian: aprins — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Spanish: acalorado — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Swedish: het — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Swedish: hetsig — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Swedish: upphetsad — very agitated, angry or impassioned
  • Bulgarian: затоплен (zatoplen) — made warm or hot
  • Finnish: lämmitetty — made warm or hot
  • Finnish: lämmin — made warm or hot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppvarmet — made warm or hot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppvarma — made warm or hot
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oppvarma — made warm or hot
  • Romanian: încălzit — made warm or hot
  • Swedish: värmd — made warm or hot
  • Swedish: uppvärmd — made warm or hot
  • Swedish: upphettad — made warm or hot
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