SCORCHING Synonyms

• the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters

• very fast; capable of quick response and great speed

• the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

• cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

• passionately or agitatedly

• the act of burning something

• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

• execution by electricity

• execution by fire

• a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

• of immediate import

• characterized by intense emotion

• like or suggestive of fire

• passionate or quick-tempered

• used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

• (extended meanings, especially of psychological heat) marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm

• characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense

• (color) bold and intense

• sexually excited or exciting

• recently stolen or smuggled

• very fast; capable of quick response and great speed

• wanted by the police

• producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves

• performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy

• very popular or successful

• very unpleasant or even dangerous

• newest or most recent

• having or bringing unusually good luck

• very good; often used in the negative

• made recently

• having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm

• of a seeker; very near to the object sought

• having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity

• charged or energized with electricity

• marked by excited activity

• having strong sexual appeal

• newest or most recent

• characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement

• glowing red with heat

• very fast; capable of quick response and great speed

• cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)

• severely critical

• hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound

• characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement

• excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness

• characterized by intense emotion

• emotionally charged and vigorously energetic

• extremely hot and dry

• a burn cause by hot liquid or steam

• the act of burning with steam or hot water

• subject to harsh criticism

• treat with boiling water

• heat to the boiling point

• burn with a hot liquid or steam

• (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

• make very hot and dry

• become superficially burned

• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

• cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat

• a surface burn

• burn superficially or lightly

• become superficially burned

• make or become black

• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

• a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)

• (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

• (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

• get blistered

• subject to harsh criticism

• cause blisters to form on

• a charred substance

• a human female employed to do housework

• any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus

• burn to charcoal

• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

• a burn cause by hot liquid or steam

• the act of burning with steam or hot water

• subject to harsh criticism

• treat with boiling water

• heat to the boiling point

• burn with a hot liquid or steam

• an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

• a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

• a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit

• (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club

• a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• defeat thoroughly

• thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash

• strike as if by whipping

• whip with or as if with a wire whisk

• subject to harsh criticism