hot-natured
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.03 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Associated with Yang; stimulating or inflammatory.
adj
Highly sensitive to hot temperatures and preferring cold temperatures.
adj
adj
Thriving in hotter environments; tropical or semitropical.
Example Sentences
- "A Tai-yang state is one in which hot-natured reactions take place at the outside region of the body— that is, headache, fever, or chilliness."
- "A cold-natured herb is different from a cool-natured one only in degree; so is a warm-natured herb different from a hot-natured herb."
- "After ingestion warm-natured foods travel to the lungs and support and stimulate their function; these warm-natured foods are therefore beneficial for Yin Type A's, born with weaker lungs. Hot-natured foods travel to the spleen and support and stimulate its function; thus hot-natured foods are beneficial for Yin Type B's, born with a weaker spleen."
- "I stood outside the group, partly from a dislike of being crowded, but mostly because I tend to be kind of hot-natured, which means I have a certain affinity with cold weather."
- "Some people are hot-natured; some are cold-natured. Whoever has the thermostat controls the temperature."
- "I'm just naturally hot-natured. I only used it that once, and it was with the sheets and comforter straight out of the dryer, so the blanket is clean and like brand-new."
Inflected Forms
more hot-natured (comparative)
most hot-natured (superlative)