: marked by anger or passion
a heated argument
heatedly
adverb
Examples of heated in a Sentence
Their conversation quickly became heated.
a heated discussion about who should pay for the pizza
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One was his heated exchange with Gore Vidal, which became so famous that a documentary about it, The Best of Enemies, was made about it in 2015.
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Doug Ducey, National Review, 14 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday, the second day of the trial, witness Nancy Jo Hancock — a woman who went on a date with Charles Vallow in July 2019 the night before Vallow was shot and killed — got into a heated exchange with Vallow Daybell during cross-examination.
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The heated exchanges in Maryland on Friday come after the Trump administration was sued by Abrego Garcia’s family last month for abruptly arresting him on March 12 and deporting him within 72 hours to a foreign prison without any due process.
—Ashley Oliver, The Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2025
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Doug Ducey, National Review, 14 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday, the second day of the trial, witness Nancy Jo Hancock — a woman who went on a date with Charles Vallow in July 2019 the night before Vallow was shot and killed — got into a heated exchange with Vallow Daybell during cross-examination.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Musk then took out his phone and started a heated conversation about digging tunnels.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
The heated exchanges in Maryland on Friday come after the Trump administration was sued by Abrego Garcia’s family last month for abruptly arresting him on March 12 and deporting him within 72 hours to a foreign prison without any due process.
—Ashley Oliver, The Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Heated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heated. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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heated
adjective
heat·ed
ˈhēt-əd 
: marked by excited or angry feelings
a heated debate
heatedly
adverb
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