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

The magazine sponsoring the annual extravaganza posted an Instagram clip of her sizzling moment in the sun, actually her second time participating. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Soon, a sizzling BDSM relationship between the two unfolds that sees Elliott blindfolded, spanked and crawling on his hands and knees just as Erika wants him. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Each spoon has a 12-inch handle to keep hands safe while stirring steaming pots and sizzling pans. — Mark Marino, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026

Emily Ratajkowski had a sizzling swimsuit moment while soaking up some quality time with her 5-year-old son on Wednesday. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 July 2026

When the performance finished, those technicians rushed to spray their now sizzling lidar with coolant following that four-minute exertion. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026

Craving Greek-style pizza, tropical Indian ice cream or sizzling bibimbap? — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

The lineup also includes yakisoba served with crispy dumplings, a Taiwanese chicken sandwich and sizzling pot stickers. — Sam Flemming, AJC.com, 15 July 2026

Cooking a sizzling steak and some blood sausage, the unquestionable togetherness a barbecue brings, is worth as much if not more than hours of video analysis. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Verb

The final day of July will be sizzling in South Florida with record-breaking heat possible as high temperatures reach the mid- to upper 90s. — Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Waking up to the smell of sizzling bacon is one of life’s little pleasures. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 29 July 2026

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

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