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searing

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1 having a notably high temperature

in our air-conditioned office, we were oblivious to the searing heat outside

Synonyms of searing

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

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blazing, glowing, igneous, molten, seething, sizzling

heated, overheated, reheated, warmed

snug, toasty, warm, warmish

feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)

canicular, muggy, steamy, summerlike, summery, tropical

Near Antonyms of searing

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

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

chilled, cooled, refrigerated, unheated

benumbed, numb, shivering

Antonyms of searing

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

2 difficult to endure

the undersecretary looked chastened as he listened to the congressman's searing rebuke

Synonyms of searing

bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hard, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, tough, trying

Words Related to searing

austere, bleak, comfortless, discomforting, forbidding, inhospitable, spartan, uncomfortable

biting, inclement, intemperate, wild

rigorous, strict, stringent

agonizing, heartbreaking, heartrending, painful, wretched

crushing, grinding, overwhelming, wearing

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable

harrowing, tortuous

bad, disagreeable, hostile, unfriendly, unpleasant

Near Antonyms of searing

comfortable, cozy, luxurious, snug

agreeable, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasant

peaceful, relaxing, reposeful, restful

bearable, endurable, painless, tolerable

balmy, calm, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate

Antonyms of searing

easy, light, soft

searing

verb , present participle of sear

Synonyms and Antonyms of searing

1 to burn on the surface

lightly sear the steaks, but don't cook them all the way through

Synonyms of searing

charring, scorching, singeing

Words Related to searing

firing, igniting, inflaming (also enflaming), kindling, lighting

baking, cremating, incinerating

scalding, scathing

2 to make dry

the clear desert air is seared by the summer sun

Synonyms of searing

dehydrating, desiccating, drying, parching, scorching

Words Related to searing

dehumidifying

draining

evaporating

mummifying, shriveling (or shrivelling), withering, wizening

air-drying, baking

Near Antonyms of searing

bathing, deluging, dousing (also dowsing), drenching, drowning, flooding, inundating, overflowing, saturating, soaking, sopping, sousing, waterlogging

dampening, damping, humidifying, moistening

rehydrating

dipping, dunking, submerging, swamping

Antonyms of searing

hydrating, washing, watering, wetting

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