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adjective
- 1. very hot: "the scorching July sun" Similar Opposite
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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.
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. especially : to destroy (something, such as property of possible use to an advancing enemy) before abandoning used in the phrase scorched earth.
Scorching definition: burning; very hot.. See examples of SCORCHING used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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.
