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In the Bible, the concept of "hot" is often used both literally and metaphorically, reflecting various aspects of life, nature, and spiritual fervor. The term appears in different contexts, from describing physical heat to symbolizing spiritual zeal or judgment.

Literal Heat:

The Bible frequently references physical heat, particularly in the context of the Middle Eastern climate. For instance, the intense heat of the sun is a common theme, as seen in the account of Jonah. After Jonah preached to Nineveh, he sat outside the city, and God provided a plant for shade. When the plant withered, Jonah experienced the discomfort of the sun's heat: "When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint" (Jonah 4:8).

Metaphorical and Spiritual Uses:

1. Spiritual Zeal:
The term "hot" is used metaphorically to describe spiritual fervor and zeal. In Revelation, the church in Laodicea is criticized for being lukewarm, neither hot nor cold: "So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth" (Revelation 3:16). Here, "hot" symbolizes a passionate and committed faith, contrasting with the complacency of being lukewarm.

2. Judgment and Wrath:
Heat is also associated with God's judgment and wrath. In prophetic literature, God's anger is sometimes depicted as a consuming fire or intense heat. For example, in Nahum, the Lord's wrath is described with fiery imagery: "The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers" (Nahum 1:5). This use of heat underscores the power and intensity of divine judgment.

3. Trials and Testing:
The refining process, which involves heat, is used metaphorically to describe the trials and testing of faith. In 1 Peter, believers are encouraged to view their trials as a refining process: "These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold" (1 Peter 1:7). Here, heat symbolizes the purification and strengthening of faith through adversity.

Cultural and Historical Context:

In the ancient Near East, heat was a significant aspect of daily life, influencing agriculture, travel, and habitation. The Bible reflects this reality, often using heat as a backdrop for various narratives and teachings. The harshness of the desert sun, for example, serves as a setting for many biblical events, emphasizing themes of endurance and reliance on God.

Conclusion:

The concept of "hot" in the Bible is multifaceted, encompassing literal, metaphorical, and spiritual dimensions. Whether describing the physical environment or illustrating spiritual truths, the use of heat in Scripture serves to convey the intensity and fervor of God's presence, judgment, and the believer's faith journey.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. p.) of Hight.

2. (v.) imp. & p. p. of Hote.

3. (superl.) Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or air.

4. (superl.) Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily excited; fiery; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.

5. (superl.) Lustful; lewd; lecherous.

6. (superl.) Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.

7. (p. p.) of Hot

8. (p. p.) of Hot

Greek

2200. zestos -- boiling hot
... boiling hot. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: zestos Phonetic Spelling:
(dzes-tos') Short Definition: boiling hot Definition: boiling hot; met: fervent ...
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2743. kauteriazo -- sear with a hot iron.
... sear with a hot iron. ... 2743 (from 2545 , "burn") -- properly, brand (sear) with a
red-hot iron; (figuratively) , which destroys the "spiritual nerve-endings.". ...
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2204. zeo -- to boil, be hot
... to boil, be hot. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: zeo Phonetic Spelling:
(dzeh'-o) Short Definition: I burn in spirit Definition: (lit: I boil, am boiling ...
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2742. kauson -- burning heat
... burning heat. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kauson Phonetic Spelling:
(kow'-sone) Short Definition: a scorching heat, hot wind Definition: a ...
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2205. zelos -- to have warmth of feeling for or against, to be ...
... 2204 , "to boil") -- properly, burning emotion (inner feeling boiling over, "boiling
from heat," J. Thayer); (figuratively) something very ("red-hot") as with ...
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3755. hotou -- while
... hotou. 3756 . while. Part of Speech: Relative Pronoun Transliteration: hotou Phonetic
Spelling: (hot'-oo) Short Definition: until Definition: until. ...
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3753. hote -- when
... hote. 3754 . when. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: hote Phonetic Spelling:
(hot'-eh) Short Definition: when Definition: when, at which time. ...
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3863. parazeloo -- to provoke to jealousy
... 3863 (from 3844 , " close beside" and 2206 , " with desire") -- properly, to apply
heavy ("hot") pressure to provoke change, especially in an "up-close-and ...
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3752. hotan -- whenever
... whenever. Part of Speech: Conjunction Transliteration: hotan Phonetic Spelling:
(hot'-an) Short Definition: when, whensoever Definition: when, whenever. ...
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2328. thermaino -- to warm
... myself. Word Origin from thermos (hot); from the same as theros Definition
to warm NASB Word Usage warmed (1), warming (5). to warm. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2525. cham -- hot
... hot. Transliteration: cham Phonetic Spelling: (khawm) Short Definition: hot. Word
Origin from chamam Definition hot NASB Word Usage hot (1), warm (1). hot, warm ...
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228. aza -- to make hot, heat
... 227, 228. aza. 229 . to make hot, heat. Transliteration: aza Phonetic Spelling:
(az-zaw') Short Definition: heat. Word Origin (Aramaic) a prim. ... heat, hot. ...
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3179. yacham -- to be hot, to conceive
... yacham. 3180 . to be hot, to conceive. Transliteration: yacham Phonetic Spelling:
(yaw-kham') Short Definition: mating. ... get heat, be hot, conceive, be warm. ...
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3222. yem -- perhaps hot springs
yem or yemim. 3221, 3222. yem or yemim. 3223 . perhaps hot springs.
Transliteration: yem or yemim Phonetic Spelling: (yame) Short Definition: springs. ...
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3648. kamar -- to grow warm and tender, to be or grow hot
... kamar. 3649 . to grow warm and tender, to be or grow hot. Transliteration: kamar
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-mar') Short Definition: stirred. Word Origin a prim. ...
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2540. Chammon -- "hot (spring)," two cities, one in Asher and one ...
... Chammon. 2541 . "hot (spring)," two cities, one in Asher and one in Naphtali.
Transliteration: Chammon Phonetic Spelling: (kham-mone') Short Definition: Hammon ...
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2787. charar -- to be hot or scorched, to burn
... 2786, 2787. charar. 2788 . to be hot or scorched, to burn. Transliteration:
charar Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rar') Short Definition: burned. Word Origin a prim ...
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2575a. Chammath -- "hot (spring)," a city in Naphtali
... 2575, 2575a. Chammath. 2575b . "hot (spring)," a city in Naphtali.
Transliteration: Chammath Short Definition: Hammath. Word Origin ...
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2575. Chammath -- "hot (spring)," a city in Naphtali
... 2574, 2575. Chammath. 2575a . "hot (spring)," a city in Naphtali. Transliteration:
Chammath Phonetic Spelling: (klam-math') Short Definition: Hammath. Hammath ...
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2575b. Chammath -- perhaps "hot (spring)," father of the house of ...
... 2575a, 2575b. Chammath. 2576 . perhaps "hot (spring)," father of the house
of Rechab. Transliteration: Chammath Short Definition: Hammath. ...
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Library

Hot Hearts.
... Gideon's Band: Sifted for Service. (1 Corinthians i:18-31; Judges vi and
vii.) Hot Hearts. But there is a third test. God comes ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/hot hearts.htm

The Right to the Ordinary Safeguards of Good Health
... "Imagine you two teachers coming out here today, when it's so hot! ... They'll be better
than hot tea anyway, and quench one's thirst just as effectively.". ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/williamson/have we no rights/chapter 3 the right to.htm

God Still Sifting.
... We want coolness of head such as General Grant had and hotness of heart such as
he had, too. The ideal combination is a cool head and a hot heart. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/god still sifting.htm

Psalm XXXVIII.
... 2. "O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine indignation; neither chasten me in Thy hot
displeasure" (ver.1). For it will be that some shall be chastened in God's "hot ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xxxviii.htm

The Laodicean State of Christendom.
... by high pretensions and self-sufficiency, but so utterly nauseous to Christ that
He declares "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/3 the laodicean state of.htm

Cast Your Eye Round the Room in which You Sit...
... of a stick; he will cut his pencil with a little screwing pencil-sharpener instead
of a knife; and he will even boldly offer to be warmed by hot water pipes ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 17 cast your eye.htm

The Power of Ambition.
... South of the Dead Sea, bounded by the rocky desert on the east and the hot barren
Arabah on the west, extends the wild picturesque range of Mount Seir. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kent/the making of a nation/study vi the power of.htm

The Aggressive Rejection.
... Their hot passion is cooling now into a hardening purpose. ... Then a hot burst of passion,
and He is hustled out to the jagged edge of the hill to be thrown over. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the aggressive rejection.htm

Of the Situation of Britain and Ireland, and of their Ancient
... It has both salt and hot springs, and from them flow rivers which furnish hot baths
proper for all ages and both sexes, in separate places, according to their ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap i of the situation.htm

The First Year --Society and Climate.
... We have three marked seasons in the North-Western Provinces, the one melting gradually
into the other"the hot season beginning in March and ending in June ...
/.../chapter vi the first yearsociety.htm

Thesaurus

White-hot (1 Occurrence)
White-hot. White-haired, White-hot. Whiten . Noah Webster's Dictionary
(a ... Multi-Version Concordance White-hot (1 Occurrence). Revelation ...
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Wax (32 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Exodus 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword;
and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. ...
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Cold (25 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. ...
Revelation 3:15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. ...
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Emmaus (1 Occurrence)
...Hot baths, a village "three-score furlongs" from jerusalem, where our Lord had an
interview with two of his disciples on the day of his resurrection (Luke 24:13 ...
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Brand (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the
quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ...
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Coal (7 Occurrences)
... kol (pecham, "charcoal"; compare Arabic fachm, "charcoal"; gacheleth, "burning coal"
or "hot ember"; compare Arabic jacham, "to kindle"; shechor, "a black coal ...
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Glow (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction,
exercise, etc.; to burn. ... 5. (vt) To make hot; to flush. ...
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Displeasure (12 Occurrences)
... (See JPS RSV). Deuteronomy 9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure,
with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. ...
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Sultry (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (superl.) Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. 2.
(superl.) Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air. ...
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Anah (10 Occurrences)
... (3) Son of Zibeon, "This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness" (compare
Genesis 36:24 = 1 Chronicles 1:40, 41) The word ha-yemim, occurs only in ...
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Resources

What does hell look like? How hot is hell? | GotQuestions.org

Why did Jesus speak so strongly against lukewarm faith? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Moses in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Hot: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Hot (49 Occurrences)

Luke 12:55
And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It will be burning hot;' and it comes to pass.
(WEY NAS NIV)

1 Timothy 4:2
through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NIV)

Revelation 3:15
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 3:16
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 36:24
These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 11:8
All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, "Get out, with all the people who follow you;" and after that I will go out.'" He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 16:21
They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 22:24
and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Exodus 32:10
Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Exodus 32:11
Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Exodus 32:19
It happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Exodus 32:22
Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Leviticus 13:24
Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
(KJV WBS)

Deuteronomy 9:19
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that time also.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 19:6
lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Joshua 9:12
This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we went out to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and has become moldy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Judges 2:14
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
(KJV WBS)

Judges 2:20
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
(KJV WBS)

Judges 3:8
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
(KJV WBS)

Judges 6:39
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
(KJV WBS)

Judges 10:7
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
(KJV WBS)

Judges 18:25
The children of Dan said to him, "Don't let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household."
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 11:9
They said to the messengers who came, "Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead,'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.'" The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 14:22
Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 21:6
So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 19:6
And he looked, and behold, at his head was a cake, baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
(DBY JPS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 18:34
The battle increased that day: however the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.
(See RSV)

Nehemiah 7:3
I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone to be over against his house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 6:17
In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 15:2
"Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
(See NIV)

Job 37:17
You whose clothing is warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 6:1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 38:1
A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 39:3
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:48
He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Psalms 78:49
He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
(See NIV)

Psalms 85:3
You have taken away all your wrath. You have turned from the fierceness of your anger.
(See RSV)

Psalms 119:53
Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
(ASV RSV)

Proverbs 6:28
Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 4:11
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
(WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Lamentations 4:11
Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
(See RSV)

Lamentations 5:10
Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 24:10
Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.
(WEB ASV)

Ezekiel 24:11
Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 36:5
therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 38:18
It shall happen in that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, that my wrath shall come up into my nostrils.
(See NIV)

Daniel 3:22
Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 7:7
They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Hot

Hot and Cold

Hot Springs: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Wax (32 Occurrences)

Cold (25 Occurrences)

Emmaus (1 Occurrence)

Brand (4 Occurrences)

Coal (7 Occurrences)

Glow (3 Occurrences)

Displeasure (12 Occurrences)