lukewarmness
Neither hot nor cold
Lukewarmness is the state of being lukewarm—moderately warm, neither hot nor cold.
The word appears more often in its figurative sense: a lack of enthusiasm or commitment.
The proposal met with lukewarmness from the committee.
Where lukewarm suggests tepid water or halfhearted support, lukewarmness names that quality as a thing in itself.
Absence of feeling
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
aloofness · impassivity · insouciance · coolness · half-heartedness · passivity · disengagement · unresponsiveness
State of mild warmth
- warmthHeat you feel
- coolnessCalm self-possession
- mildnessGentle, moderate quality
- temperateMild, avoiding extremes
balmy · moderate · chilliness · bathwater · cooling · warming
Absence of genuine effort
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- unexcitedWithout enthusiasm or thrill
- dispassionFreedom from emotional bias
lackluster · listlessness · passionless · spiritless · unmotivated · unimpressed · blasé · perfunctory
Of moderate quality
- so-soIndifferently average quality
- unremarkableNot worthy of comment
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
tolerable · adequate · satisfactory · undistinguished · run-of-the-mill · average · meh · underwhelming
apathy
Absence of feeling
- disinterestAbsence of bias
- unconcernAbsence of worry
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
detachment · aloofness · impassivity · insouciance · coolness · half-heartedness · passivity · disengagement · unresponsiveness · neutrality
tepidness
State of mild warmth
temperate · balmy · moderate · chilliness · bathwater · cooling · warming
half-heartedness
Absence of genuine effort
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- unexcitedWithout enthusiasm or thrill
dispassion · lackluster · listlessness · passionless · spiritless · unmotivated · unimpressed · blasé · perfunctory · token
middling
Of moderate quality
- so-soIndifferently average quality
- unremarkableNot worthy of comment
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
passable · tolerable · adequate · satisfactory · undistinguished · run-of-the-mill · average · meh · underwhelming · unimpressive
- religious strugglesdoubt, backsliding, temptation, trials, tribulation
- half-heartednesstepidness, token effort, unenthusiasm, going through motions
- religious apathyirreligion, unchurched, dechristianization, spiritual void
- spiritual afflictionsdemonic possession, spiritual attack, spiritual darkness, spiritual death, spiritual crisis
- avoidanceavoidance, distancing, evasion, dodging, pulling away
- vicesgreed, envy, lust, gluttony, vanity