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Scalding
| Main Entry: |
scalding
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hot |
| Synonyms: | ardent, baking, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, calescent, close, decalescent, febrile, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, heated, humid, igneous, incandescent, like an oven, on fire, ovenlike, parching, piping, recalescent, red*, red-hot, roasting, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boiling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very hot |
| Synonyms: | baking, blistering, broiling, burning, fiery, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, sizzling, torrid, tropical, warm |
| Antonyms: | freezing |
| Main Entry: | broiling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very hot |
| Synonyms: | baking, burning, fiery, on fire, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, sizzling, sweltering, torrid |
| Antonyms: | freezing |
| Main Entry: | heated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | warmed |
| Synonyms: | baked, baking, boiling, broiled, broiling, burned, burning, burnt, cooked, fiery, fired, fried, hot, parched, scalding, scorched, scorching, sizzling, toasted |
| Antonyms: | cooled, frozen |
| Main Entry: | hot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very high in temperature |
| Synonyms: | baking, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, calescent, close, decalescent, febrile, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, heated, humid, igneous, incandescent, like an oven, on fire, ovenlike, parching, piping, recalescent, red*, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white* |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, freezing, frigid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | torrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very hot |
| Synonyms: | arid, austral, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, dried, dry, fiery, heated, parched, parching, red-hot, scalding, scorched, scorching, sizzling, stifling, sultry, sweltering, tropic, tropical |
| Antonyms: | arctic, cold, freezing |
| Main Entry: | heating |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calefaction |
| Synonyms: | baking, boiling, broiling, cooking, grilling, melting, roasting, scalding, steaming, warming |
| Antonyms: | cooling, freezing, refrigeration |
| Main Entry: | steaming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | piping hot |
| Synonyms: | boiling, hot, piping, scalding |
| Main Entry: | baking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very hot |
| Synonyms: | ardent, baking hot, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, fiery, hot, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, steaming, sultry, sweltering, uncomfortably warm, very warm |
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