overheated

Dangerously warmed up

Overheated describes something that has become too hot—an overheated engine, an overheated room.

The word extends to excess intensity or agitation: an overheated debate, overheated rhetoric.

In economics, an overheated economy or market is growing unsustainably fast, risking inflation or collapse.

A person who is overheated may be physically too warm or emotionally worked up.

thermal

scalding

Extremely hot, burning

steaming · broiling · baking · roasting · scorching · blistering · burning · red-hot · smoking · melting

angry

irate

Extremely angry

livid · seething · fuming · wrathful · indignant · hot-headed · boiling · raging · infuriated · tempestuous

burnout

exhaustion

State of utter depletion

depleted · spent · weary · frazzled · overextended · overstrained · overtaxed · overburdened · overwhelmed · overworked

rhetoric

exaggerated

Made larger than reality

sensationalized · breathless · hysterical · melodramatic · overblown · fevered · bombastic · histrionic · excessive · impassioned

feverish

sweating

Moisture through pores

  • chillsShivering spells from illness
  • shiveringInvoluntary bodily trembling
  • fluContagious respiratory illness

infection · delirium · malaise · temperature · flushed · clammy · fevered · pyrexia · thermometer · bedridden

economy

bubble

Air-filled film sphere

boom · frothy · overvalued · runaway · spiraling · overexpansion · hyperinflation · boom-bust

climate

anthropogenic

Caused by human activity

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temperature

overheatedcold

Low temperature state

chilled · cool · freezing · frigid · ice-cold

emotional intensity

overheatedcalm

Free from agitation

composed · cool · collected · unruffled · unfazed

rhetorical intensity

overheatedmeasured

Carefully considered, unhurried

understated · restrained · sober · temperate · balanced

Family

overheat, overheating, overheats

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