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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

This second sizzling week may even put monthly temperature records in jeopardy, according to the weather service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Jovic claimed her maiden title in 2025 at Guadalajara and started the year in sizzling form, making the semi-finals in Auckland and the final at Hobart.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

And immediately, mixed with a sizzling sound, there came to Shasta a simply delightful smell.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis