Scorching — Scorch ing, a. 1. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. [1913 Webster] 2. sufficiently hot to cause scorching. [PJC] {Scorch ing*ly}, adv. {Scorch ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scorching — index bitter (penetrating) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
scorching — 1. mod. really hot; about to win something big. □ Let me roll again. I’m really scorching. □ Here comes a scorching runner! □ He says he’s scorching. Get out of his way. 2. mod. caustic. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
scorching — [[t]skɔ͟ː(r)tʃɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n (emphasis) Scorching or scorching hot weather or temperatures are very hot indeed. [INFORMAL] That race was run in scorching weather... It was a scorching hot day … English dictionary
scorching — adjective extremely hot: scorching sun | scorching hot: a scorching hot day … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scorching — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. Scorching is used with these nouns: ↑heat, ↑summer, ↑sun, ↑sunlight {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adv. Scorching is used with these adjectives: ↑hot … Collocations dictionary
scorching — scorch|ing [ˈsko:tʃıŋ US ˈsko:r ] adj, adv extremely hot ▪ the scorching desert heat ▪ It was a scorching hot day … Dictionary of contemporary English
scorching — adjective 1) the scorching July sun Syn: extremely hot, red hot, blazing, flaming, fiery, burning, blistering, searing, sweltering, torrid, broiling; informal boiling (hot), baking (hot), sizzling Ant … Thesaurus of popular words
scorching — I adjective hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface (Freq. 1) scorching heat • Similar to: ↑hot II adverb capable of causing burns it was scorching hot … Useful english dictionary
Scorching — Scorch Scorch (sk[^o]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scorching}.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skr[ o]kka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skr[*a]kkla to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English