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HOTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hot spiciness
Synonyms:
hotness; pepperiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hotness" is a kind of...):
spice; spicery; spiciness (the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored)
Derivation:
hot (producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The presence of heat
Synonyms:
heat; high temperature; hotness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hotness" is a kind of...):
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hotness"):
calefaction; incalescence (the property of being warming)
fieriness; red heat (the heat or the color of fire)
torridity (extreme heat)
warmness; warmth (the quality of having a moderate degree of heat)
white heat (the hotness of something heated until it turns white)
Antonym:
coldness (the absence of heat)
Derivation:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A state of sexual arousal
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hotness" is a kind of...):
sexual arousal (the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
hot (sexually excited or exciting)
