Associations to the word «Tepid»

Wiktionary

TEPID, adjective. Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
TEPID, adjective. Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness.

Dictionary definition

TEPID, adjective. Moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water".
TEPID, adjective. Feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope