Synonyms of sizzling

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adjective

as in blazing

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

sizzling

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verb

present participle of sizzle

1

as in hissing

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\

from my bed I could hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hissing
• bubbling
• fizzling
• whistling
• whizzing
• fizzing
• swishing
• buzzing
• whooshing
• wheezing
• effervescing
• whishing
• humming
• swooshing
• zipping
• droning

2

as in steaming

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

she was really sizzling about being passed over for the promotion, and nearly quit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steaming
• raging
• burning
• boiling
• storming
• seething
• shaking
• fuming
• foaming
• smoldering
• seeing red
• agitating
• rankling
• fulminating
• raving
• ranting
• bristling
• flaring (up)
• roiling
• stewing
• inflaming
• convulsing
• chafing
• fretting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sizzling

Adjective

Junior Caminero has already done some things no Rays players had ever accomplished, such as extending his sizzling power show on Friday to include hitting 10 home runs over a 10-game span. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026

But neither those measures nor Friday’s sizzling temperatures stopped fans from gathering in hopes of sneaking a peak at their longtime idol and sending Swift their well wishes. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Intense exercise on a sizzling day can lead to extreme fatigue, impaired performance, headache, irritability, nausea, dizziness, cramping and dehydration, all symptoms of exertional heat illness. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

This happens when your body’s temperature gets too hot and is accompanied by significant strain from intense exercise on a sizzling day. — Dorany Pineda, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026

Wake up early the next morning for a sizzling pancake breakfast. — Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Seeking respite from the sizzling weather, people and companies across Europe are snapping up portable and fixed air conditioners as some countries warn the heat wave could intensify. — CNN Money, 26 June 2026

Buzzing neighborhood spot On a Tuesday afternoon, the dining room fills with customers and the smells of sizzling beef and lamb. — Jenna Thompson june 24, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026

In a sizzling dissent for the court's three liberals, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson castigated the majority for diminishing not just individual religious rights, but the power of Congress to legislate. — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 23 June 2026

Verb

So are the commuters alongside them, whether navigating the city by foot, train or bike, in an attempt to stay cool amid the 100-plus degree Fahrenheit temps sizzling across Europe. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 2 July 2026

Dangerous heat will keep the Kansas City area sizzling through Friday, though the worst of it may have already peaked, according to the National Weather Service. — Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026

And although the city’s food scene is legendary for Texas-style barbecue, steakhouses and sizzling Tex-Mex, there’s so much more to discover across the cultural diversity of the city. — Carinne Geil Botta, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Europe has been sizzling for days, with the temperature hitting a record 106 degrees Fahrenheit in Germany on Saturday, the AFP reported. — CBS News, 28 June 2026

For the fourth year in a row, though, Tex-Mex restaurant La Paz claims first prize in the cooking competition, for Chef Felipe Isidoro’s sizzling Acapulco lionfish fajita topped with his abuela’s special mango salsa. — Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026

The intermingling smells of sizzling hot dogs, urine and marijuana wafted through the open windows. — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026

As for cosmic weather this week, Venus will be sizzling through the sky and aligning with many planets. — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026

During endless dark days in the bituminous mines, singing became common among workers, inspired by the groundbreaking AM sounds of WNOX Knoxville sizzling through the skies on the bright side of the shaft. — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026