halfhearted vs lukewarm what difference
what is difference between halfhearted and lukewarm
English
Alternative forms
- half-hearted
Etymology
From half + hearted.
Pronunciation
Adjective
halfhearted (comparative more halfhearted, superlative most halfhearted)
- Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
- Synonym: lukewarm
- (obsolete) Lacking in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.
- such animals,
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- such animals,
Derived terms
- halfheartedly
- halfheartedness
Translations
See also
- insincere
- tepid
- wholehearted
Further reading
- halfhearted at OneLook Dictionary Search
English
Etymology
From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German luukwarm (“lukewarm”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”). First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”) (> English dialectal lew), from Old English hlēow (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hleumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱel(w)e-, *k(‘)lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lau (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), ljummen (“lukewarm”) and ly (“warm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish and Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), dialectal Swedish ljummen (“lukewarm”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌluːkˈwɔːm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌlukˈwɔɹm/, /ˈluk.wɔɹm/
Adjective
lukewarm (comparative lukewarmer or more lukewarm, superlative lukewarmest or most lukewarm)
- (temperature) Between warm and cool.
- Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
Synonyms
- lew (dialect)
- luke (rare)
- tepid
Derived terms
- lukecold