searing

About 0.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective very hot; blistering or boiling
2. adjective having a sensation of intense sudden heat
3. adjective unbearably intense or emotionally powerful
4. adjective damning; critical; scathing
5. noun action of the verb to sear
6. noun cooking food quickly at high temperature
7. verb present participle and gerund of sear

Similar words

withered shriveled shrivelled parch scorch sere dry dried-up torrential heavy

Often followed by

pain heat the and experience her his kiss indictment

Word family

searingly