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having a temperature higher than what is comfortable. hot It's so hot outside! scorching We're due for another scorching summer day. blistering We've had blistering heat this week. sweltering She won the race despite the sweltering heat. See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Scorching definition: burning; very hot.. See examples of SCORCHING used in a sentence.
scorch. 1 of 3. verb (1) ˈskȯrch. scorched; scorching; scorches. Synonyms of scorch. transitive verb. 1. : to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture. 2. a. : to dry or shrivel with or as if with intense heat : parch. b. : to afflict painfully with censure or sarcasm. 3. : devastate.
1. To become scorched or singed. 2. To go or move at a very fast, often excessively fast rate. n. 1. A slight or surface burn. 2. Brown spotting on plant leaves caused by pathogens, heat, or lack of water. [Middle English scorchen, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skorpna, to shrink, be shriveled .] scorch′ing·ly adv.
Use the adjective scorching to mean extremely hot. The scorching heat from a wildfire tar on roads and char nearby houses and trees. There's a huge difference between a warm day and a scorching one; the word implies a brutal heat.
Definition of 'scorching' Word Frequency. scorching. (skɔːʳtʃɪŋ ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Scorching or scorching hot weather or temperatures are very hot indeed. [informal, emphasis] That race was run in scorching weather. It was a scorching hot day. hot. Synonyms: burning, boiling, baking, flaming More Synonyms of scorching.
Definition of scorching adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Meaning of scorching – Learner’s Dictionary. scorching. adjective. uk / ˈskɔːtʃɪŋ / us. Add to word list. very hot: a scorching hot day. (Definition of scorching from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of scorching. in Chinese (Traditional) 灼熱的（地）, 極熱的（地）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 灼热的（地）, 极热的（地）…
The weather is scorching. Mary gave her a scorching look, but said nothing. So when the hot sandstorms blow in the lower steppe the scorching heat is carried right up to the foot of the mountains.
Synonyms for SCORCHING: boiling, searing, hot, burning, molten, sweltering, white-hot, torrid; Antonyms of SCORCHING: cold, freezing, icy, frigid, frozen, glacial, bitter, arctic.
