heated

/hidɪd/

/ˈhitɪd/

Heated things are warmed up, like a heated swimming pool or a heated bowl of tomato soup.

After a long walk in the snow, the warmth of a heated building feels great, although tasting a meal that's been heated in a microwave too long doesn't feel too great when it burns your tongue. When heated describes an argument, discussion, or dispute, it means "intense, passionate, or agitated." A heated debate between presidential candidates might be exactly what voters hope to see.

Definitions of heated

1. adjective

   made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
   “a heated swimming pool”

   “wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana”

   synonyms: heated up, het, het up

   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
2. adjective

   marked by emotional heat; vehement
   “a heated argument”

   synonyms:

   hot

   extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm