Definition for Scorching:

• capable of causing burns; " it was scorching hot"

Synonyms for Scorching:

• adj.

  •harsh (adjective)
  • nasty,
  • derisive,
  • caustic.
  •hot (adjective)
  • fiery,
  • sweltry,
  • temperate,
  • like an oven,
  • feverish,
  • pyretic,
  • glowing,
  • tropical.

• n.

  •
  • passionate.

• v.

  •attacking (verb)
  • hitting,
  • raiding,
  • trouncing,
  • Assaulting,
  • invading,
  • hammering,
  • Assailing,
  • slashing,
  • raping,
  • lashing,
  • scathing,
  • thrusting,
  • battering,
  • striking,
  • savaging,
  • Violating,
  • pounding,
  • Storming,
  • fighting,
  • Combating,
  • Harrying,
  • Scarifying,
  • rioting,
  • Flaying,
  • barraging,
  • Charging,
  • Bombarding,
  • attacking,
  • Lunging.
  •heating (verb)
  • cooking,
  • toasting,
  • singing,
  • Searing,
  • Charring,
  • roasting,
  • Parboiling,
  • simmering,
  • scalding,
  • warming,
  • stewing,
  • firing,
  • heating,
  • poaching,
  • grilling,
  • barbecuing,
  • Parching,
  • braising,
  • frying.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • blazing,
  • dithyrambic,
  • toasty,
  • sweaty,
  • sizzling,
  • blistering,
  • steamy,
  • suffocating,
  • bask,
  • hot-blooded,
  • fervid.
  •
  • blaze,
  • stifling,
  • impassioned,
  • washed,
  • ardent,
  • steaming,
  • fervent,
  • oppressive.
  •
  • steam,
  • overheated,
  • flaming.
  •
  • sticky,
  • bake.
  •
  • heat.
  •Other relevant words:
  • broil,
  • calcination,
  • close,
  • mordacious,
  • self-immolation,
  • hotheaded,
  • wet,
  • brutal,
  • cracking,
  • blackening,
  • flushed,
  • blasting,
  • satiric,
  • Hot-headed,
  • sweating,
  • cremation,
  • knife-edged,
  • scorch,
  • mordant,
  • pungent,
  • canicular,
  • vesication,
  • withering,
  • burn,
  • scorcher,
  • pyrolysis,
  • bitter,
  • acidulent,
  • arid,
  • astringent,
  • clammy,
  • corrosive,
  • acrimonious,
  • acid,
  • melting,
  • savage,
  • blacking,
  • fierce,
  • Scorification,
  • inflamed,
  • acerbate,
  • scorched,
  • radiating,
  • zealous,
  • acerbic,
  • ebullient,
  • hellish,
  • dashing,
  • biting,
  • acrid,
  • oxidization,
  • swinging,
  • trenchant,
  • excoriating,
  • Thermogenesis,
  • broiler,
  • Cineration,
  • penetrating,
  • humid,
  • distillation,
  • sharpened,
  • sudorific,
  • incisive,
  • incineration,
  • acidulous,
  • Smelting,
  • Incinerating,
  • burner,
  • Drying,
  • harmful,
  • roast,
  • Distilling,
  • wilting,
  • Superheated,
  • destructive distillation,
  • Coaling,
  • Shriveling,
  • critical,
  • combustion,
  • seething,
  • vituperative,
  • damaging,
  • Scourging,
  • branding,
  • fanatical,
  • charing,
  • pointed,
  • singe,
  • acerb,
  • inflaming,
  • madcap,
  • carbonization,
  • Concremation,
  • cauterization,
  • parched,
  • virulent,
  • stuffy,
  • Cupellation,
  • acidic,
  • keen,
  • burning hot,
  • Deflagration,
  • tart,
  • Cauterizing,
  • harsh,
  • razor-sharp,
  • Blighting,
  • ultrahot,
  • Singeing,
  • ferocious,
  • stabbing,
  • refining,
  • stern,
  • stinging,
  • severe,
  • fanatic,
  • consuming,
  • hard core,
  • scudding,
  • sharp,
  • corroding,
  • cautery,
  • muggy,
  • staining,
  • Shrivelling,
  • suttee,
  • piercing,
  • cutting,
  • vitriolic.

Paraphrases for Scorching:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    hot.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    burning.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    scalding, boiling.

Antonyms for Scorching:

• adj.

  • very hot
    cool, cold.
  • Other antonyms:
    cooled, iced, chilled, refrigerated, glacial, frozen, snowy, unheated, shivering, numb, subzero, benumbed, wintry.

Homophones for Scorching:

• scarceness, sarraceniaceae, screeching, searching, seriousness, sugar sumac, shrieking, seriocomic, shirking, shrewishness, surging, serious music.