Heated
/ˈhiːtɪd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of heat form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Very agitated, angry or impassioned.
"a heated argument"
- 2 Made warm or hot by some means. not-comparable, usually
"a heated greenhouse / swimming pool / towel rail"
Adjective
- 1 made warm or hot (‘het’ is a dialectal variant of ‘heated’) wordnet
- 2 marked by emotional heat; vehement wordnet
Example
More examples"The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark."