scorching

scorching
Synonyms and related words:
acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, ardent, baking, biting, bitter, blazing, blistering, boiling, branding, broiling, burning, burning hot, calcination, canicular, carbonization, caustic, cauterization, cautery, cineration, combustion, concremation, corroding, corrosive, cracking, cremation, critical, cupellation, cutting, deflagration, destructive distillation, distillation, distilling, ebullient, excoriating, fanatic, feverish, fiery, flaming, flushed, grilling, hard-core, harsh, heated, hellish, hot, hot as fire, hot as hell, hotheaded, incineration, incisive, inflamed, keen, like a furnace, like an oven, madcap, mordacious, mordant, overheated, overwarm, oxidation, oxidization, parching, passionate, penetrating, piercing, piping hot, pyrolysis, red-hot, refining, roasting, scalding, scathing, scorification, searing, seething, self-immolation, sharp, simmering, singeing, sizzling, sizzling hot, smelting, smoking hot, stabbing, stinging, sudorific, suttee, sweating, sweaty, sweltering, sweltry, tart, the stake, thermogenesis, toasting, torrid, totally committed, trenchant, tropical, vesication, vituperative, white-hot, withering, zealous

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  • scorching — scórching s. m. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  scórching sm [At:DN3 / P: scórcing / Pl: ?/ E: engl.,fr. scorching] (În industria cauciucului) Ardere a amestecului de valţuri. Trimis de raduborza, 14.11.2005. Sursa:… …   Dicționar Român

  • Scorching — Scorch ing, a. 1. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. [1913 Webster] 2. sufficiently hot to cause scorching. [PJC] {Scorch ing*ly}, adv. {Scorch ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scorching — index bitter (penetrating) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • scorching — 1. mod. really hot; about to win something big. □ Let me roll again. I’m really scorching. □ Here comes a scorching runner! □ He says he’s scorching. Get out of his way. 2. mod. caustic. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • scorching — [[t]skɔ͟ː(r)tʃɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n (emphasis) Scorching or scorching hot weather or temperatures are very hot indeed. [INFORMAL] That race was run in scorching weather... It was a scorching hot day …   English dictionary

  • scorching — adjective extremely hot: scorching sun | scorching hot: a scorching hot day …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • scorching — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Scorching is used with these nouns: ↑heat, ↑summer, ↑sun, ↑sunlight {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adv. Scorching is used with these adjectives: ↑hot …   Collocations dictionary

  • scorching — scorch|ing [ˈsko:tʃıŋ US ˈsko:r ] adj, adv extremely hot ▪ the scorching desert heat ▪ It was a scorching hot day …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • scorching — adjective 1) the scorching July sun Syn: extremely hot, red hot, blazing, flaming, fiery, burning, blistering, searing, sweltering, torrid, broiling; informal boiling (hot), baking (hot), sizzling Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • scorching — I adjective hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface (Freq. 1) scorching heat • Similar to: ↑hot II adverb capable of causing burns it was scorching hot …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scorching — Scorch Scorch (sk[^o]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scorching}.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skr[ o]kka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skr[*a]kkla to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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