scorching
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scorching
adjective more scorching · most scorching
- Very hot. It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.
- Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering. Very probably he resolved never to repeat the request which had drawn forth such a scorching rebuke; but there is no evidence of his determination to forsake his iniquitous practices generally.
- Sexy, sexual, attractive. A ton of scorching content gets released all the time, and it turns out the newest sex movies of 2022 could basically double as (ethical!) porn; they’re that hot.
- Of speed when driving, running, etc.: Very high. Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.
verb
- present participle and gerund of scorch
noun scorchings
- The act or result of something being scorched. There were several slight scratches and scorchings about the face, sides of the neck and shoulders[…]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hot, burning, torrid, scalding, boiling, scorching hot, scalding hot, scorchy, burning hot, searing hot, blistering, searing, smoking hot, broiling, steaming hot, burny
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