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scorching

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of scorching

having a notably high temperature

We keep indoors as much as possible during the day so as to avoid the scorching summer heat.

Synonyms of scorching

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

Words Related to scorching

blazing, glowing, seething, sizzling

heated, overheated, reheated, warmed

snug, toasty, warm, warmish

feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)

muggy, steamy, summerlike, summery, tropical

Near Antonyms of scorching

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

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

chilled, cooled, refrigerated, unheated

benumbed, numb, shivering

Antonyms of scorching

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

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