Definitions

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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However, the colt, owned by Lee and Susan Searing, developed a fever and was scratched.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

Searing heat will also continued in parts of the US south.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

Elizabeth Searing, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, pointed to donors and foundations who embrace effective altruism as another countervailing force within the nonprofit field.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Searing heat and rising smoke have hampered recovery efforts.

From Washington Times • Aug. 14, 2023

The Bittern sitteth sadly on the time-worn stone, Upon life's mouldering relics, fearfully alone, Searing the silence ofttimes with his solemn tone.

From Poems by Cassels, Walter Richard

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