adj, verb ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of scorch form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.

Adjective

1. 1
   having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy wordnet
2. 2
   dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adustadustaggravatedashenashybaked

Example

More examples

"The bread was scorched from being cooked on the open flame of the camp fire."

Related phrases

scorched carpetscorched earthscorched ricescorched wingscorched-earth policy

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