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

Then there was Felix Olivero, wearing a purple Argentina jersey and matching hat, leaning on his crutches under the hot sun on the scorching blacktop of a Hard Rock parking lot. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026

The handheld firework burns at a scorching 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,093 degrees Celsius), according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. — Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

The scorching heat seemed to have at the very least a dampening effect on July 4 festivities across the city, with temperatures reaching the triple digit mark. — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 3 July 2026

As Americans around the nation celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary this week, a parade that had been slated to take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday was called off due to scorching temperatures expected in the city. — Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Temperatures are expected to top 100 degrees over the coming days, as high pressure traps the scorching temperatures in a heat dome, spanning from the Gulf Coast, up through the Midwest and Northeast United States. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2026

Volunteers are also checking on vulnerable neighbors in the scorching heat. — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 1 July 2026

The sandals keep your feet cool in these scorching European summers, but the all-terrain bottoms steady your grip for long walks and trekking. — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026

And neither Mercedes driver, Russell or Antonelli, had working drinks systems during that scorching race! — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Verb

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

In these locations, oppressive humidity and scorching air temperatures will push the heat index value to 105 degrees or even higher. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Since Dylan’s death in 2011, hundreds more children in the UK have drowned seeking relief from scorching temperatures in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and quarries. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

The rest of the week will be scorching hot with highs reaching the upper 90s and 100s. — The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2026

More than 60,000 people were likely killed by scorching temperatures in the summer of 2022, and about 47,000 people in 2023. — Francois De Beaupuy, Fortune, 28 June 2026

What’s a summer without a tasty frozen beverage to cool down on those scorching hot days? — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 June 2026