WHITE-HOT
Dictionary entry overview: What does white-hot mean? • WHITE-HOT (adjective)
The adjective WHITE-HOT has 2 senses:
1. intensely zealous or fervid
2. glowing white with heat
Familiarity information: WHITE-HOT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHITE-HOT (adjective)
Meaning:
Intensely zealous or fervid
Context example:
fierce white-hot loyalty
Similar:
hot (extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm)
Meaning:
Glowing white with heat
Synonyms:
white-hot; white
Context examples:
white flames / a white-hot center of the fire
Similar:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
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