hotness Definition

hot
adj hotter, hottest

1. Having or producing a great deal of heat; having a high temperature.

Thesaurus: heated, torrid, burning, fiery, blazing, feverish, scorching, blistering, searing, tropical, scalding; Antonym: cold, chilly, frigid.
2. Having a higher temperature than is normal or desirable.
3. Said of food: spicy or fiery.
4. Easily made angry; excitable or passionate.

Example: a hot temper
Thesaurus: eager, ardent, distracted, passionate; aroused, furious, indignant, irascible; Antonym: calm.
5. slang
Sexually excited or lustful.
Thesaurus: erotic, sexy, carnal, salacious, sensual, spicy, voluptuous.
6. Said of a contest or fight: intense and animated.
7. Said of news: recent, fresh and of particular interest.
8. Strongly favoured.

Example: a hot favourite
9. Said of jazz music: having strong and exciting rhythms, with complex improvisations.
10. Said of a colour: bright and fiery.
11. slang
Said of goods: recently stolen or illegally acquired.
12. Said of a scent in hunting: fresh and strong, suggesting the quarry is not far ahead.
13. slang
Said of information: up-to-date and reliable.
Example: a hot tip
14. colloq
Said of a situation: difficult, unpleasant, or dangerous.
Example: make life hot for him
15. slang
Highly radioactive.
16. In certain games, etc: very close to guessing the answer or finding the person or thing sought.

adverb

1. In a hot way; hotly.

Example: a dish served hot

Derivative: hotly

With great heat.

Excitedly or passionately.

Idiom: go like hot cakes (sell like hot cakes)

To sell or disappear rapidly; to be extremely popular.

Idiom: have the hots for someone (get the hots for someone)

slang
To have a strong sexual desire or attraction for them.

Idiom: hot and bothered

colloq
Anxious and confused; agitated.

Idiom: hot on something

Interested in, skilled at or well-informed about it.

Idiom: hot on the heels of someone

colloq
Following or pursuing them closely.

Idiom: hot under the collar

colloq
Indignant or annoyed; uncomfortable.

Idiom: in hot pursuit

Chasing as fast or as closely as one can.

Derivative: hotness
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hat.

Phrasal Verb: hot up or hot something up

To increase in excitement, energy, danger, etc.