Searing

//ˈsɪəɹɪŋ//

Synonyms for "searing" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

ardent atrophy baking blazing blistering boiling brewing broil burning calcination canicular catering

Strong matches (18)

Adjective(2 words)

cineration combustion consumption cookery cremation critical cuisine deflagration distillation domestic science drying ebullient feverish fire flushed grilling

Related words (30)

heated home economics hot incineration keen nutrition overheated oxidation poaching red hot roasting scalding scathing scorching seething self-immolation shrinkage shrinking smelting sudorific

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suttee sweating sweaty sweltering thinning torrid wasting white hot withering

Adjective(1 words)

hot

Related word relations

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5 relation types

derived

3 entries

searing hot searing-iron searingly

form of

2 entries

sear sere

is a

1 entries

cooking

related to

12 entries

action blistering boiling cooking food heat hot intense quickly sensation sudden temperature

similar

2 entries

critical

Sample sentences

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Searing pain bit through skin and muscle.

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A woman was arrested yesterday for leaving a baby unattended in her car in searing heat.

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Red tongues of flame and searing gusts of heat engulfed the house.

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Sami was in searing pain.

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