Antonyms for white-hot


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hwahyt-hot, wahyt-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwaɪtˈhɒt, ˈwaɪt-


Definition of white-hot

  • As in incandescent : adj glowing
  • As in torrid : adj sensuous
  • As in burning : adj blazing, flashing
  • As in burning : adj fervent, excited
  • As in flaming : adj very angry, vehement
  • As in impassioned : adj excited, vehement
Example sentences :
  • Macdonald strode to the forge and took out the bar of white-hot iron.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Grant it but a chink or keyhole, and it shot in like a white-hot arrow.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Blake started up the hillside, his pale eyes like white-hot steel.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • We may raise the temperature, say, of iron, until it is white-hot.
  • Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
  • Instantly a white-hot excitement flared from end to end of the car.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • He had worn out his white-hot rage, but was not yet in full control of himself.
  • Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland
  • On the anvil the end of the white-hot bar was immediately laid.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Horse » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Frank, white-hot, with the cry of a man wounded to death bursting from him.
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
  • To take a white-hot iron and sear herself would have been easier than this.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • The bolide was not white-hot, then, as when it passed over Thrawn Island.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster

Synonyms for white-hot

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