overheated

adjective

over·​heat·​ed ˌō-vər-ˈhē-təd 

1

: perfervid

2

: characterized by marked inflation from an increase in demand and a decrease in supply

an overheated economy

Examples of overheated in a Sentence

She worked in a stuffy, overheated office.

The discussion was getting overheated.

The market for new houses is overheated.

Recent Examples on the Web

The risk comes from overheated nonstick cookware, not from simply using a nonstick pan to cook eggs, pancakes or vegetables at low to medium heat. —Ryan Brennan june 2, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026

Above, helicopter crews were using loudspeakers to tell residents to flee as an overheated tank at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove threatened to explode or leak thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical. —Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

Next came a high-rate era used to cool an overheated business climate. —Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 May 2026

The implosion in Washington comes only days after an overheated chemical tank at an aerospace facility in Orange County, California, forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. —Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for overheated

• superheated
• uncompleted
• undefeated
• accreted
• competed
• completed
• conceited
• concreted
• defeated
• deleted
• depleted
• entreated