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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WARMNESS, WARMTH, n.
1. Gentle heat; as the warmth of the blood.
2. Zeal; ardor; fervor; as the warmth of love or of piety.
3. Earnestness; eagerness. The cause of the Greeks has been espoused with warmth by all parties in free countries.
4. Excitement; animation; as the warmth of passion. The preacher declaimed with great warmth against the vices of the age.
5. Fancifulness; enthusiasm; as the warmth of head.
6. In painting, the fiery effect given to a red color by a small addition of yellow.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the sensation caused by heat energy [syn: heat, warmth]
2: a warmhearted feeling [syn: warmheartedness, warmth]
3: the quality of having a moderate degree of heat; "an agreeable warmth in the house" [syn: warmth, warmness]
4: the trait of being intensely emotional [syn: heat, warmth, passion]
5: a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love [syn: affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 13th century 1. the quality or state of being warm in temperature 2. the quality or state of being warm in feeling <a child needing human warmth and family life> 3. a glowing effect produced by the use of warm colors

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Warmth Warmth, n. 1. The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth. Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ferments. --Addison. 2. A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth. ``Spiritual warmth, and holy fires.'' --Jer. Taylor. That warmth . . . which agrees with Christian zeal. --Sprat. 3. (Paint.) The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. Syn: Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement; vehemence.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. The warmth of something is the heat that it has or produces. She went further into the room, drawn by the warmth of the fire... 2. The warmth of something such as a garment or blanket is the protection that it gives you against the cold. The blanket will provide additional warmth and comfort in bed. N-UNCOUNT 3. Someone who has warmth is friendly and enthusiastic in their behaviour towards other people. He greeted us both with warmth and affection.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Glow, moderate heat. 2. Ardor, zeal, fervor, fervency. 3. Enthusiasm, earnestness, eagerness, heat, animation, excitement, vehemence, fervency, passion, intensity, spirit, cordiality.

Moby Thesaurus

abandon, activity, affectionateness, amiability, animal heat, animation, ardency, ardor, benignancy, benignity, blood heat, blush, body heat, bonhomie, brio, briskness, brotherhood, burning, calidity, caloric, coal heat, commitment, committedness, compassion, convected heat, cordiality, dedication, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, earnestness, ecstasy, elan, electric heat, enthusiasm, excitement, faith, faithfulness, feeling of kinship, fellow feeling, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fever, fever heat, fidelity, fieriness, fire, flush, fraternal feeling, friendliness, furor, fury, gas heat, generosity, geniality, glow, goodness, goodness of heart, graciousness, gusto, healthy glow, heart, heart of gold, heartiness, heat, heatedness, heating, hospitableness, hospitality, hot-air heat, hotness, humaneness, humanity, hypothermia, impassionedness, impetuosity, impetus, incalescence, induction heat, intensity, intentness, joie de vivre, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindly disposition, kindness, liberality, life, liveliness, loving kindness, loyalty, lustiness, mettle, molecular heat, neighborliness, niceness, oil heat, open door, openheartedness, passion, passionateness, perkiness, pertness, radiant heat, receptiveness, relish, resolution, robustness, savor, seriousness, sincerity, softheartedness, solar heat, soul, soul of kindness, spirit, spiritedness, steam heat, superheat, superheatedness, sympathy, tenderheartedness, thermal radiation, ultraviolet heat, vehemence, verve, vivacity, warm color, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth of color, warmth of feeling, warmth of heart, zeal, zest, zestfulness