so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; "a gigantic redwood"; "gigantic disappointment"; "a mammoth ship"; "a mammoth multinational corporation"
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"
marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"
charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory"
of a seeker; very near to the object sought; "you are hot"
having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for travel"
newly made; "a hot scent"
very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but not so hot at history"
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"
recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"
having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the dice are hot tonight"
newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information"
very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him"; "in the hot seat"; "in hot water"
very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants"
performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight"
being very spicy; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot"
characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent"
a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death
syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours; "he was suffering from radiation"
loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate"
showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience"; "guilty behavior"