adj
Meaning 1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scalding, hot: very hot in a way that can scald, involving fluids (e.g., water, steam, gases).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: steaming hot, steaming, boiling hot, piping hot; see also Thesaurus:hot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scalding, steaming hot, steaming, boiling hot, piping hot, hot, choleric, heated
Antonyms: freezing cold, freezing, ice-cold, icy, stone cold, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal, brass monkeys, brumal, chill, chilled, chilly, clay-cold, cold, cold as a mackerel, cold as charity, frosty, frore, frozen, gelid, glacial, hiemal, inclement, nesh, nippy, parky, polar, sleety, snowy, taters, wintry
Broader terms: hot