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sizzling

ADJECTIVE
hot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
baking blazing blistering fiery red-hot scalding scorching searing sweltering torrid
STRONG
boiling broiling burning close flaming heated parching piping roasting smoking steaming warm white
WEAK
ardent calescent decalescent febrile fevered feverish feverous humid igneous incandescent like an oven on fire ovenlike recalescent red stuffy sultry summery sweltry thermogenic tropic tropical very warm
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cold cool freezing
STRONG
happy unfriendly

Example Sentences

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Reigning champion Rory McIlroy heads into the weekend sizzling at 12-under and six strokes up on Reed and Sam Burns, which gives him the largest 36-hole lead in Masters history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

"And they'd all got the memo to play ball and deliver an opening episode full of sizzling chemistry, cheeky banter and decent anecdotes," she wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Despite his sizzling start, the 24-year-old American never made another birdie and finished 54 holes on 19-under 197, seeing a five-shot lead trimmed to two ahead of Sunday's final round.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Shake Shack opened its first California location in West Hollywood in March 2016, making a sizzling debut with several exclusive L.A. menu items such as the Roadside Double and Brownie Points.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Lightning flashed, and the bars on the nearest window burst into sizzling, melted stubs of iron.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan