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igneous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of igneous

having to do with or suggestive of fire

an igneous desert atmosphere

igneous events such as volcanic eruptions

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of igneous

blazing, glowing, molten, seething, sizzling

ardent, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, piping hot, red, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sultry, superheated, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, white-hot

heated, overheated, reheated, warmed

snug, toasty, warm, warmish

feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)

canicular, muggy, steamy, summerlike, summery, tropical

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of igneous

chill, chilly, coldish, cool, coolish, nippy, snappy

blizzardly, frosty, snowy, subfreezing, subzero, wintry (also wintery)

chilled, cooled, refrigerated, unheated

benumbed, numb, shivering

algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, cold, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy

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