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.
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- torridExtremely hot or passionate
- steamyHot, moist, or erotic
- intenseExtreme in degree
- hot and botheredAgitated, often with desire
passionate · hot · sultry · fervid · smoldering · fervent · intimacy · lust · burning desire · desire · amorous · love affair · chemistry · romantic · seduction · sensuality · vehement · sweaty
hot and heavyplatonic
Friendly without romance
chaste · cold · frigid · passionless · lukewarm
hot and heavycasual
Relaxed and informal
noncommittal · light · breezy · no-strings-attached · laid-back
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