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Definition of Lukewarmness
1. Noun. A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin.
Generic synonyms: Warmness, Warmth
Derivative terms: Lukewarm, Tepid, Tepid
2. Noun. Lack of passion, force or animation.
Generic synonyms: Chilliness, Coldness, Coolness, Frigidity, Frigidness, Iciness
Derivative terms: Lukewarm, Tepid
Definition of Lukewarmness
1. Noun. The property of being lukewarm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lukewarmness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lukewarmness
Literary usage of Lukewarmness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mornings in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1907)
"lukewarmness appears to be more despicable than wickedness. The people of Sardis
are described as imperfect enough, but they are encouraged "to strengthen ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... and nine Whites; this number was less than in the preceding year, because
tickets had been refused to many on account of their lukewarmness. ..."
3. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII to the by Henry Hallam (1855)
"... Agreement — The Parliament insist on unreasonable Terms — Miseries of the
War — Essex and Manchester suspected of lukewarmness — Self-denying Ordinance ..."
4. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"to corrupt, and of lukewarmness those whom thou never couldst render lukewarm!
I have opened my eyes," added Desmoulins; "I have seen the number of our ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1847)
"Let it be met with lukewarmness, and Philadelphia will find it no easy task to
hold her own three years hence. 4Art. ..."
6. The Christian Examiner (1824)
"CAUSES OF lukewarmness IN CHRISTIANS. IT is not a little surprising to observe
how many, of even believing and professing Christians, have but a cool ..."
7. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1908)
"... lukewarmness; his Reply at Hull—Comments by Earl of f'rewe—Ministerial Attacks
on the House of Lords; Strong Speech of the Attorney-General—The London ..."
8. The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal by Francis Asbury (1821)
"... to avoid legality, Antinomianism, and lukewarmness ; 3. That he hath, and doth
work in them to will and to do; to resist temptation ; to be sanctified ..."
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