searing

[seer-ing] / ˈsɪər ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

hot

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baking blazing blistering fiery incandescent scalding scorching sizzling 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 like an oven on fire ovenlike recalescent red red-hot stuffy sultry summery sweltry thermogenic tropic tropical very warm

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cold cool freezing

STRONG

happy unfriendly

Example Sentences

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Many of the deaths were young people swimming in unauthorised areas to escape the searing heat.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, a searing European heatwave continues to cause deaths and disruption, - with France recording its hottest day since records began in 1947, and the temperature in Paris and other areas above 40C.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

We asked our reporters across the continent how people are dealing with the searing temperatures where they are.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Bey, one of jazz’s great male vocalists, made it sound both searing and soothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

A searing pain erupts in the center of my left palm, disrupting my train of thought.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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