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scorched

verb , past tense of scorch

Synonyms and Antonyms of scorched

1 to burn on the surface

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

Synonyms of scorched

charred, seared, singed

Words Related to scorched

fired, ignited, inflamed (also enflamed), kindled, lit (or lighted)

baked, cremated, incinerated

scalded, scathed

2 to make dry

weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil

Synonyms of scorched

dehydrated, desiccated, dried, parched, seared

Words Related to scorched

mummified, shriveled (or shrivelled), withered, wizened

air-dried, baked

Near Antonyms of scorched

bathed, deluged, doused (also dowsed), drenched, drowned, flooded, inundated, overflowed, saturated, soaked, sopped, soused, waterlogged

damped, dampened, humidified, moistened

dipped, dunked, submerged, swamped

Antonyms of scorched

hydrated, washed, watered, wet (or wetted)

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