scalding hot
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scalding hot
Where it comes from
From Middle English scladeng hoot; equivalent to scalding + hot.
adjective
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scalding, hot: very hot in a way that can scald, involving fluids (e.g., water, steam, gases).
Near-synonyms: steaming hot, steaming, boiling hot, piping hot; see also Thesaurus:hot
Similar: scalding, steaming hot, steaming, boiling hot, piping hot, hot, calid, choleric, heated · Opposite: freezing cold, freezing, ice-cold, icy, stone cold, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal, brass monkeys, brumal, chill
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Extremely hot.
Similar: scalding, steaming hot, steaming, boiling hot, piping hot, baking hot, smoking hot, hot, calid, choleric, heated · Opposite: freezing cold, freezing, ice-cold, icy, stone cold, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal, brass monkeys, brumal, chill
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