Synonyms of scorched

scorched 1 of 2

adjective

as in burnt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burnt
• burned
• charred
• singed
• seared
• incinerated
• scorching
• sizzling
• broiling
• searing
• red-hot
• scalding
• roasting
• smoldering
• smouldering
• piping hot
• hot
• aglow
• flickering
• live
• flaring
• burning
• aflame
• lighted
• glowing
• blazing
• ignited
• inflamed
• flaming
• enflamed
• lit
• afire
• kindled
• fiery
• alight
• combusting
• conflagrant
• ablaze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• smothered
• dead
• choked
• extinguished
• quenched
• damped
• suffocated
• doused
• stamped (out)
• snuffed (out)
• dowsed

scorched

2 of 2

verb

past tense of scorch

1

as in charred

to burn on the surface

the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• charred
• singed
• baked
• seared
• lighted
• lit
• ignited
• kindled
• inflamed
• incinerated
• fired
• enflamed
• cremated
• scalded
• scathed

2

as in dried

to make dry

weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dried
• parched
• baked
• seared
• drained
• desiccated
• dehydrated
• evaporated
• shrivelled
• shriveled
• withered
• mummified
• dehumidified
• air-dried
• wizened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• washed
• wet
• watered
• wetted
• flooded
• saturated
• soaked
• drowned
• drenched
• inundated
• bathed
• hydrated
• doused
• overflowed
• deluged
• moistened
• dampened
• waterlogged
• damped
• dowsed
• sopped
• submerged
• dipped
• soused
• swamped
• humidified
• rehydrated
• dunked