hot and heavy

Steamy and intense

Hot and heavy describes intense physical passion or romantic activity, often with sexual overtones: Things got hot and heavy in the back seat.

The phrase can also characterize any situation marked by intensity and urgency, such as a heated argument or fierce competition.

When applied to relationships, it suggests a phase of consuming attraction that may or may not last.

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passionate · hot · sultry · fervid · smoldering · fervent · intimacy · lust · burning desire · desire · amorous · love affair · chemistry · romantic · seduction · sensuality · vehement · sweaty

Opposites
romantic/sexual intensity

hot and heavyplatonic

Friendly without romance

chaste · cold · frigid · passionless · lukewarm

emotional investment

hot and heavycasual

Relaxed and informal

noncommittal · light · breezy · no-strings-attached · laid-back

pace/tempo of relationship

hot and heavyslow and steady

Gradual but consistent

slow burn · measured · gradual · unhurried · patient

Family

heat, heavy, heated, heavily, heating, heater, reheat, heaviness, heavier

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