warmed
adj.adj. feeling slightly hot in a pleasant way, or having become more friendly and enthusiastic. You use it to describe someone who has started to like an idea or a person more than before.
adj. having been made moderately hot; also used figuratively to describe an increase in friendliness or enthusiasm. Often functions as a participial adjective following a linking verb.
The soup is warmed and ready to eat.
After a few minutes of conversation, the audience warmed to the speaker's humorous style.
The previously skeptical committee members seemed warmed by the proposal once the financial benefits were clearly outlined in the final presentation.
Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'feel' or 'seem'; frequently takes the preposition 'to' in its figurative sense.