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Synonyms for scorching

Most common

burning searing torrid broiling

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very hot.

    It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.

Example sentences

  • burning There's an acrid smell here. Is something burning?
  • searing The critic wrote a searing review of the book.
  • torrid Yanni had a torrid affair with his mistress.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
scorchingrising
burningrising
searingrising
torridrising
broilingsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
hot1
6 letters
torrid2
7 letters
burning2, searing2
8 letters
broiling2
10 letters
passionate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (torrid2 = 2 syllables).