[wawrmth] 
| 1. | the quality or state of being warm; moderate or gentle heat. |
| 2. | the sensation of moderate heat. |
| 3. | liveliness of feelings, emotions, or sympathies; ardor or fervor; enthusiasm or zeal: She spoke her mind with great warmth. There was warmth in his greeting and in his handshake. |
| 4. | the quality of being intimate and attached: All children need warmth and affection from their families. |
| 5. | an effect of brightness, cheerfulness, coziness, etc., achieved by the use of warm colors: The room has warmth since it was redecorated. |
| 6. | the means or ability to produce a sensation of heat: a jacket with little warmth. |
| 7. | slight anger or irritation: Her denial betrayed some warmth. |
| warmth (wôrmth) n.
[Middle English warmeth, from warm, warm; see warm.] |
