scalding
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Synonyms & Antonyms for scalding
Synonyms
ardent, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, piping hot, red, red-hot, roasting, scorching, searing, sultry, superheated, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, white-hot
Antonyms
algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, cold, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy
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The best time to visit is April to June and September to October, when the weather is warm but not as hot as the scalding summer months. — Michele Chabin, Washington Post, "Instead of busy Tel Aviv, try Eilat for a calmer, quieter beach vacation in Israel," 5 Sep. 2019 But so much of this surprising season is built on a scalding July in which San Francisco went 19–6. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "MLB Power Rankings: How Close Have Teams Performed to Their Preseason Projections?," 22 Aug. 2019 All-American Canon Claycomb, who shot a scalding 65 to claim medalist honors a year ago. — Buddy Collings, orlandosentinel.com, "Winter Park Invitational boys golf postponed," 19 Aug. 2019 Early results from a medical examiner indicated the injuries caused by the scalding water had killed the girl, identified as Amberly Quiroz. — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, "Stepmom Charged After Girl, 4, Dies When Boiling Water Burns Were Treated with Noxzema," 14 Aug. 2019 This undated booking photo provided by the Navarro County, Texas, sheriff’s office is of 42-year-old Juana Marquez, who was charged following the scalding death of a young girl in Corsicana, south of Dallas. — Washington Post, "Police: Texas girl dies after burn injuries went untreated," 14 Aug. 2019 But Obreht couldn’t have known that Inland would be released into a nation where immigration, and the question of who has a right to settle where, had become a scalding political potato. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, "'I Put 1,400 Pages in the Trash.' The Tiger's Wife Author Téa Obreht on Killing Two Books to Create Her New Novel," 13 Aug. 2019 The match, part of the International Champions Cup tournament, was played in scalding conditions, the players taking water breaks in each half. — Frank Dell’apa, BostonGlobe.com, "Benfica at home in Foxborough with victory over Milan," 28 July 2019 There was something about being immersed in nearly scalding water that took away just enough of my resistance to him. — Constance Grady, Vox, "The Booker Prize longlist includes a book that is just a single thousand-page sentence," 27 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scalding.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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