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scorching

[ skawr-ching ]

adjective

  1. burning; very hot.
  2. caustic or scathing:

    a scorching denunciation.



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Other Words From

  • scorching·ly adverb
  • un·scorching adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scorching1

First recorded in 1555–65; scorch + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

However, the ongoing bloody conflict between Israel and Palestine is apparently still too scorching a hot-button issue to touch.

Of course there is high-volume, scorching human vanity at large here.

Combined with zombie-slaying stunts and the scorching Georgia heat, conditions on set can be grueling.

Sure, all of these folks share healthy egos and a scorching ambition, but come on, we are talking about American politics here.

Scorpio Rising by R.G. Vliet One of the most scorching, incandescent romances ever.

But one battalion was isolated on a spur, from which there seemed no way of escape save under a scorching flank fire.

Bridges had been broken down, and the guns had to be hauled through jungle and woods under a scorching sun.

The yellow sand about them blazed and shone, scorching their bare hands; the Desert was empty, silent, lonely.

Bobby said it should have been written on yellow paper with an asbestos pad under it to save scorching Miss Pendletons desk.

Marie was packing a suitcase and meditating upon the scorching letter she meant to write.

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