Synonyms of burned

burned 1 of 2

adjective

variants or burnt

as in scorched

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

burned

2 of 2

verb

variants or burnt

past tense of burn

1

as in glowed

to be on fire especially brightly

all evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glowed
• blazed
• flamed
• fired
• combusted
• flickered
• smoldered
• gleamed
• shone
• ignited
• charred
• scorched
• went up in flames
• kindled
• melted
• cooked
• roasted
• baked
• lit (up)
• broiled
• enkindled
• caught
• sputtered
• glinted
• wavered
• flashed
• guttered
• brightened
• sparked
• deflagrated
• flared (up)
• sparkled
• beamed
• glittered
• radiated
• shimmered
• glistened
• glared
• sweltered
• beat (down)
• glimmered
• twinkled
• scintillated

2

as in torched

to set (something) on fire

it is not a good idea to try to burn old papers in the sink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scorched
• torched
• lit
• ignited
• kindled
• fired
• inflamed
• enkindled
• baked
• illumined
• cooked
• charred
• illuminated
• immolated
• incinerated
• broiled
• ashed
• set off
• cremated
• brightened
• lightened
• seared
• irradiated
• rekindled
• scalded
• deflagrated
• frizzled
• relit
• radiated
• reignited
• stoked
• banked
• kilned
• scathed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguished
• put out
• quenched
• choked
• smothered
• doused
• stamped (out)
• obscured
• blackened
• snuffed (out)
• suffocated
• darkened
• dimmed
• dulled

3

as in steamed

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

he came home burning with anger because of a reprimand at work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steamed
• raged
• stormed
• boiled
• shook
• sizzled
• seethed
• foamed
• fumed
• rankled
• saw red
• smoldered
• agitated
• ranted
• inflamed
• raved
• fulminated
• convulsed
• bristled
• stewed
• chafed
• flared (up)
• roiled
• fretted

4

as in glared

to shine with a bright harsh light

the bright streetlight outside our motel room burned all night long

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glowed
• glared
• flared
• flashed
• blazed
• gleamed
• flamed
• glanced
• beat
• sparkled
• radiated
• glinted
• beamed
• glittered
• blinded
• shimmered
• glistened
• glimmered
• twinkled
• dazzled
• dazed
• glistered
• scintillated
• bedazzled

5

as in deceived

to cause to believe what is untrue

he's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceived
• tricked
• fooled
• misled
• stung
• teased
• duped
• kidded
• cheated
• strung along
• snookered
• suckered
• juggled
• snowed
• sucked in
• deluded
• caught
• hoodwinked
• humbugged
• bamboozled
• conned
• misinformed
• hornswoggled
• gulled
• misguided
• bluffed
• cozened
• had
• beguiled
• gammoned
• hoaxed
• buffaloed
• gaffed
• spoofed
• had on
• faked out
• took in
• stuck
• pulled one's leg
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• did a number on
• bled
• swindled
• defrauded
• put on
• hustled
• shortchanged
• rooked
• chiseled
• skinned
• fleeced
• mulcted
• diddled
• led one down the garden path
• squeezed
• euchred
• flimflammed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposed
• revealed
• uncovered
• undeceived
• showed up
• unmasked
• debunked
• told
• disclosed
• divulged
• unveiled
• disillusioned
• disenchanted
• disabused
• uncloaked

6

as in consumed

to make complete use of

heedlessly burning the country's resources without any concern for future generations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consumed
• drained
• spent
• exhausted
• absorbed
• reduced
• used
• depleted
• ate
• devoured
• emptied
• expended
• played out
• drew down
• decreased
• ran out of
• used up
• wasted
• diminished
• lowered
• weakened
• dwindled
• downsized
• bankrupted
• undermined
• crippled
• sapped
• blew
• lessened
• cleaned (out)
• impoverished
• debilitated
• abated
• enfeebled
• disabled
• dissipated
• dried up
• squandered
• guzzled
• misspent
• threw away
• lavished
• de-escalated
• frittered (away)
• ran through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• replaced
• increased
• renewed
• enlarged
• augmented
• reinforced
• enforced
• restored
• repaired
• rebuilt
• strengthened
• preserved
• revived
• saved
• fortified
• bolstered
• conserved

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of burned

Adjective

Designed to function like an ice resurfacer, BurnBot lays down pre-burned paths that define the boundaries of burn areas. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025

Yeager said none of the non-burned areas of the facility have been turned on again. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025

Verb

The pentobarbital didn’t kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were burned and blistered from the caustic drugs. — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

This made the level of destruction Turner witnessed in 2017 even more shocking — especially as the area had burned before without this level of loss. — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Some businesses started selling marijuana under the theory that raw marijuana’s THC is in a form called THC-A, which only turns into impairing delta-9 when heated or burned. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Davilaluna held her down as Flint burned her with a cigarette. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

To understand what went wrong in Los Angeles, the researchers behind the report evaluated in person more than 900 structures that burned and interviewed 200 residents and 295 people working at 22 agencies involved in the fire response. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

Victor Kruglov, Ranok’s chief executive, told United24 that comic books, international bestsellers, and contemporary Ukrainian fiction titles were also destroyed in a fire that burned for more than a week. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

In other words, the rocket’s fuel does a second job before it is burned. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026

Following the Irish uprising against England in 1917, the British retaliation sees Winston Churchill dispatch a brutal police force to Ireland that attacks civilians and ends with Cork City burned. — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026