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[ hwahyt-hot, wahyt- ] / ˈʰwaɪtˈhɒt, ˈwaɪt- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR white-hot ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveextremely hot. showing white heat. exceedingly enthusiastic, ardent, angry, devoted, etc.; impassioned; perfervid: a fierce, white-hot loyalty to the king. Origin of white-hotFirst recorded in 1810–20 Words nearby white-hotwhite heat, white hellebore, white hole, white hope, white horse, white-hot, White House, white hunter, white infarct, white iron, white knight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for white-hotOr maybe, just maybe, he will zing the president on a white-hot issue dominating every waking moment for, um, some voters. Mitt’s Bizarre Lyme Disease Offensive|Kent Sepkowitz|October 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST But publicly, it chose to say little, hoping to maintain a neutral position in a white-hot international scandal. Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s New York Hotel Disputes Allegations of Conspiracy|John Solomon|November 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST Over the past few decades, the study of telomeres has risen to become a white-hot area of very legitimate scientific research. New Anti-Aging Pill Under Fire|Thea Singer|April 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST Over the past few decades, research into telomeres has become a "white-hot area of science," says Singer. The New Science of Reverse Aging|Danielle Friedman|November 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
She tattooed her wrist with the letter E (for Edouard) by pressing a piece of white-hot metal there. The Mystery of the S&M Banker’s Death|Eric Pape|June 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST Cell after secret cell of her brain caught the fire, and blazed with white-hot indignation. Scarlet and Hyssop|E. F. Benson As he went down the field men were repelled from his Robot-like body as they might had he been a thing of white-hot metal. The Galloping Ghost|Roy J. Snell We may raise the temperature, say, of iron, until it is white-hot. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4)|J. Arthur Thomson But I saw the worm-thing come creeping out, white-hot, vivid as incandescent silver, the live heart of essential fire. But with the sudden accession of madness, hate had blazed up in her, white-hot, and she had attempted to stab him. That Affair at Elizabeth|Burton E. Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for white-hot
adjectiveat such a high temperature that white light is emitted informal in a state of intense emotion Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to white-hotradiant, luminous, shining, red-hot, blazing, hot, steamy, sultry, scorching, flaming, searing, glowing, gleaming, fiery, burning, sentimental, rousing, intense, fierce, heated |