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feeling hot

These words are all used to say that you feel uncomfortable because the temperature is high.

The most common word for this feeling ishot.Hotcan be used when the temperature outside is so high it makes you uncomfortable, or when you have something wrong with you that makes your skin feel hotter than it should.

Are you too hot? I can turn on the air.
Your forehead feels hot - do you have a fever?

The opposite ofhotiscold.

Brr, I'm cold!

For more opposites ofhot, see the article atcold.

If you feel hot because you have a fever, you can say you arefeverish.

She's been feverish all morning.

If you areoverheated, you feel so hot, usually from exercise or from being out in the heat, that you are unwell.Overheatedis not used when you feel hot because of an illness.

I didn't drink enough water before I went out sunbathing, and now I'm overheated.

If you feel very hot, you can say that you areroasting,swelteringor, in informal contexts,boiling.

Turn the heating down - I'm roasting!
Sweltering, she kicked off the bedcover.
I'm positively boiling in this wool jumper.

If you feelwarm, you do not feel cold and you are comfortable. You can also use the wordtoastyto refer to being pleasantly warm and comfortable.

I'm nice and warm here by the fire.
We were quite toasty in our sleeping bags though it was a cold night.

Related articles

having a temperature higher than what is comfortable
to become hot or make someone or something hot
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