scalding

ADJECTIVE

hot

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blazing blistering boiling incandescent scorching searing sizzling sweltering

STRONG

baking broiling burning close flaming heated parching piping roasting smoking steaming warm white

WEAK

ardent calescent decalescent febrile fevered feverish feverous fiery humid igneous like an oven on fire ovenlike recalescent red red-hot stuffy sultry summery sweltry thermogenic torrid tropic tropical very warm

Antonyms

STRONGEST

freezing

STRONG

cold cool unfriendly

Example Sentences

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The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The building’s windows were leaky, which means big trouble in North Dakota’s frigid winters and scalding summers.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

She says she did not pursue a complaint because she feared that being a junior member of the team, "chances were, I'd be booted off the production, and he may have only got a scalding".

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

To commit myself to the hours of driving and parking and asking questions and making sure that various shower heads expelled the scalding hot water I required.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025

Then I thought of taking sips of Papa’s tea, love sips, the scalding liquid that burned his love onto my tongue.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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