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white-hot

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Synonyms and Antonyms of white-hot

having a notably high temperature

The molten mass was still white-hot when the glassblower began to work her magic.

Synonyms of white-hot

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

Words Related to white-hot

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 white-hot

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

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

chilled, cooled, refrigerated, unheated

benumbed, numb, shivering

Antonyms of white-hot

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

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