Synonyms of charring

charring

verb

present participle of char

as in scorching

to burn on the surface

I'd like my hamburger charred, but not cooked through

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scorching
• baking
• singeing
• searing
• lighting
• kindling
• igniting
• firing
• incinerating
• inflaming
• cremating
• scalding
• scathing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of charring

Ivan Datsiv, an IT worker, was in his apartment in Kyiv’s Podil district when a Russian drone tore through the floor on Tuesday, charring the ceilings and walls of his apartment and completely destroying the one next door. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Morawetz also points to baking and air-frying as favorite preparation methods, noting that charring or blackening from direct high-heat grilling can be linked to health risks. — Embry Roberts, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026

Triple Char means that the barrels the bourbon was aged in were charred for three times as long as usual, which is supposed to bring out even more flavors from the wood (the charring process is really what makes bourbon bourbon, after all). — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 July 2026

House of Leon crafts it from Douglas fir using shou sugi ban, a traditional Japanese technique that preserves wood by charring its surface. — Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2026

If hearths had been built in the cave, underlying bones would have shown evidence of charring — but not a single bone out of the 4,500 studied was burned. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

That 18,379-acre fire burned for two weeks, largely charring grass over about a third of the island. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Unexpectedly high degrees of charring on Orion's heat shield during that mission led engineers to alter the spacecraft's course to prevent a recurrence on Artemis 2, but, as is anything untested in space, there is always risk involved. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 May 2026

The finished pizza should have a thin crust with a puffy cornice around the edges, spotted with charring. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026