scorching
adjective
- very hot
- very fast
Wiktionary
adj
- Very hot.
“It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.”
- Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering.
“Very probably he resolved never to repeat the request which had drawn forth such a scorching rebuke; but there is no evidence of his determination to forsake his iniquitous practices generally.”
- Sexy, sexual, attractive.
“A ton of scorching content gets released all the time, and it turns out the newest sex movies of 2022 could basically double as (ethical!) porn; they’re that hot.”
- Of speed when driving, running, etc.: Very high.
“Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.”
noun
- The act or result of something being scorched.
“There were several slight scratches and scorchings about the face, sides of the neck and shoulders[…]”
“Green wood hardens after about four or five scorchings in the fire, but several scorchings are required to drive out the sap.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of scorch