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   Scorch·ing

   /ˈskôrCHiNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. very hot: "the scorching July sun" Similar extremely hotred-hotunbearably hotbaking (hot)blazingflamingfieryburningblisteringsearingswelteringtorridtropicallike an ovenlike a furnacelike a blowtorchparchingwitheringbroilinginformal:boiling (hot)sizzlingOpposite freezing
   • ▪ (of criticism) harsh; severe. Similar fiercesavagescathingwitheringblisteringsearingdevastatingstringentsevereharshstingingbitingmordanttrenchantcausticvirulentvitriolicOpposite mild
   • ▪ very fast: "she set a scorching pace"

   Derivatives

   • 1. scorchingly adverb

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