Synonyms and Antonyms of searing
1
having a notably high temperature
- in our air-conditioned office, we were oblivious to the searing heat outside
ardent, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, piping hot, red, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, sultry, superheated, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, white-hot
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
chill, chilly, coldish, cool, coolish, nippy, snappy
blizzardly, frosty, snowy, subfreezing, subzero, wintry (also wintery)
chilled, cooled, refrigerated, unheated
benumbed, numb, shivering
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
bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hard, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, tough, trying
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
comfortable, cozy, luxurious, snug
agreeable, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasant
peaceful, relaxing, reposeful, restful
bearable, endurable, painless, tolerable
balmy, calm, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate
