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searing

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of searing

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

Words Related to searing

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 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

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, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, tough, trying

Words Related to searing

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

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

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