the quality of being hot; high temperature

though it was quite as hot in the tent as in the house it was a very different sort of hotness

the astronauts are carefully balanced between the cold darkness of space and the burning hotness of the sun

the quality of being sexually attractive or alluring

there's something about a man with a guitar slung over his shoulder that just oozes hotness

a spicy quality in food that produces a burning sensation in the mouth

the yoghurt and cucumber will counteract the hotness of the curry

the reason for the chili's hotness lies in a chemical called capsaicin