Synonyms of scorching

scorching 1 of 2

adjective

as in boiling

having a notably high temperature

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boiling
• searing
• hot
• burning
• molten
• sweltering
• white-hot
• torrid
• red
• broiling
• heated
• scalding
• fiery
• red-hot
• warmed
• sultry
• warm
• superheated
• roasting
• fervid
• fervent
• blazing
• ardent
• sizzling
• piping hot
• glowing
• seething
• ultrahot
• igneous
• overheated
• steamy
• tropical
• feverish
• toasty
• warmish
• flushed
• muggy
• reheated
• inflamed
• summery
• snug
• summerlike
• canicular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cold
• freezing
• icy
• frigid
• frozen
• glacial
• bitter
• arctic
• ice-cold
• iced
• cool
• chilly
• chill
• frosty
• nippy
• snowy
• snappy
• wintry
• bone-chilling
• algid
• cooled
• subzero
• coolish
• coldish
• chilled
• unheated
• shivering
• refrigerated
• subfreezing
• benumbed
• numb
• blizzardly

scorching

2 of 2

verb

present participle of scorch

1

as in charring

to burn on the surface

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in drying

to make dry

weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drying
• searing
• parching
• baking
• draining
• dehydrating
• desiccating
• evaporating
• dehumidifying
• shriveling
• withering
• mummifying
• air-drying
• wizening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wetting
• washing
• flooding
• watering
• soaking
• saturating
• drowning
• overflowing
• drenching
• bathing
• dousing
• inundating
• sopping
• moistening
• damping
• dampening
• hydrating
• deluging
• dipping
• waterlogging
• sousing
• submerging
• swamping
• humidifying
• dunking
• rehydrating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scorching

Adjective

Cameron Young has turned up the AC a bit on a scorching-hot season in recent weeks. — Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026

In cramped, scorching-hot cells, the men sleep in their underwear to keep cool. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

The awards show took place in New York City on a scorching hot day, with temperatures in the afternoon reaching the high 90s and the heat index in the triple digits. — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Capri pants and thong sandals are a classic pairing, and a tank top is a no-brainer for a scorching summer day. — India Roby, Glamour, 16 July 2026

The primary goal is to evaluate how the Starship’s heat shield — a coating of hexagonal tiles designed to protect the ship from the scorching temperatures of reentry — performs. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

This gives the plant time to recover without having to suffer through the scorching temperatures of summer. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 15 July 2026

And parts of Asia and the Middle East have seen scorching temperatures so far this year, too. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

Plus, linen helps regulate body temperature, so linen shorts will help keep the sweat away even on scorching days. — Olivia Dubyak, InStyle, 12 July 2026

Verb

Often if calcium levels in the soil are too low, plants would also be exhibiting signs of deficiency including stunted growth, curling of leaves and perhaps spotting or scorching on leaves. — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

But beyond the numbers — buoyed by a scorching 7 of 9 showing in two games at the California Classic — his form looks sound. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

Lettuce is causing explosive diarrhea, wildfire smoke is inundating city skies and parts of the country are scorching under brutal hot temperatures. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 July 2026

One of the biggest, difficult-to-control culprits is scorching summer weather. — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 15 July 2026

Nearly 100 million people across the United States are facing extreme temperatures this week as a heat dome scorching the western part of the country spreads to the Northeast, CBS News reports. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Rhode Islanders celebrated America's 250th anniversary at the Bristol Fourth of July parade despite scorching temperatures. — Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026

On the corner of West 31st Street and Seventh Avenue, right outside Madison Square Garden, the heat was scorching as the temperature inched to 100 degrees. — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 4 July 2026

Potassium deficiency causes yellowing and scorching along leaf edges, weak stems, and interveinal chlorosis, a yellowing between the leaf veins. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026