heated

The word “heated” means made warm, often by a built-in system. In plain terms, either warmed up physically, or emotionally intense/angry.

“Heated” is pronounced HEE-tihd (/ˈhiːtɪd/ in IPA).

Here is “heated” used in a sentence: “The car has heated seats for winter mornings.”

The opposite of “heated” — its antonyms — is unheated.

“Heated” is an adjective.

“Heated” is a fairly common word in modern English.

“Heated” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: made warm, often by a built-in system.

Hot describes a high temperature in itself, while heated usually means something has been made warm, often by a built-in system, as in 'heated seats' or 'a heated pool'. Figuratively, heated describes anger or passion — a 'heated debate' — a use where 'hot' would not normally appear in standard English.

For the temperature sense, the opposite of heated is unheated, as in 'an unheated greenhouse'. For the emotional sense, the opposite is calm, cool, or measured — a calm discussion rather than a heated one.

Yes, especially in the informal phrase 'get heated', meaning to become angry: 'he got heated when the call went against him'. In more formal writing, heated typically describes the exchange itself — a heated argument or heated words — rather than the person.