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Lack of passion, force or animation
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lukewarmness
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Word definitions for lukewarmness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin [syn: tepidity , tepidness ] lack of passion, force or animation [syn: tepidness ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lukewarm \Luke"warm`\ (l[=u]k"w[add]rm`), a. [See Luke .] Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. `` Lukewarm blood.'' --Spenser. `` Lukewarm patriots.'' --Addison. An obedience so lukewarm ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
Usage examples of lukewarmness.
Consequently there is universal lukewarmness, "only forty persons being found to form a popular club, holding sessions as a favor every five days.
That reluctance, that lukewarmness, he had attributed to a natural habit of discouragement.
The sins of Lukewarmness, loss of our first love, unprofitableness under the Gospel, slumbering and sleeping in the wise, as well as foolish Virgins, worldliness, pride, carnal security, and many other sins.