HOTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hotness mean? 

• HOTNESS (noun)
  The noun HOTNESS has 3 senses:

1. the presence of heat

2. a state of sexual arousal

3. a hot spiciness

  Familiarity information: HOTNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The presence of heat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

heat; high temperature; hotness

Hypernyms ("hotness" is a kind of...):

temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hotness"):

calefaction; incalescence (the property of being warming)

fieriness; red heat (the heat or the color of fire)

torridity (extreme heat)

warmness; warmth (the quality of having a moderate degree of heat)

white heat (the hotness of something heated until it turns white)

Antonym:

coldness (the absence of heat)

Derivation:

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state of sexual arousal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

horniness; hot pants; hotness

Hypernyms ("hotness" is a kind of...):

sexual arousal (the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

hot (sexually excited or exciting)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A hot spiciness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hotness; pepperiness

Hypernyms ("hotness" is a kind of...):

spice; spicery; spiciness (the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored)

Derivation:

hot (producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves)

 Context examples 

The hotness, which measured 1.5 million Scoville heat units (SHU) in 2008, now measures only 0.4 SHU.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)

The nerves also showed an increase in the function of TRPV1, a molecule that detects the hotness of chilli peppers (TRPV1 is also activated by heat, which is why chillis tastes hot).

(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)

From the time he had left the house in Soho on the morning of the murder, he was simply blotted out; and gradually, as time drew on, Mr. Utterson began to recover from the hotness of his alarm, and to grow more at quiet with himself.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The group of scientists of the Assam Agricultural University said according to their study, the hotness of the chilli has reduced greatly in the past eight years.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)

A group of scientists of the Assam Agricultural University of Assam, India has claimed the Bhut Jolokia, which was once recorded as the hottest chilli in the world in the Guinness World Records, is losing its characteristic hotness with time.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)