scalding hot en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English scladeng hoot; equivalent to scalding + hot.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scalding, hot: very hot in a way that can scald, involving fluids (e.g., water, steam, gases).
Near-synonyms: steaming hot, steaming, boiling hot, piping hot; see also Thesaurus:hot
- (broadly, idiomatic, not-comparable) Extremely hot.
Antonyms
hiemal · inclement · frore · ice-cold · freezing · gelid · brass monkeys · cold as a mackerel · chilly · chilled · freezing cold · sleety · chilly · freezing · nippy · freezing · Baltic · Baltic · glacial · polar · chill · frozen · snowy · nesh · icy · parky · Arctic · brumal · algid · gelid · boreal · nesh · nippy · parky · cold as charity · boreal · cold as charity · cold as a mackerel · chill · freezing cold · frozen · cold · sleety · snowy · wintry · frore · taters · ice-cold · clay-cold · brumal · hiemal · stone cold · inclement · stone cold · brass monkeys · freezing · clay-cold · frosty · icy · glacial · algid · chilled · icy · wintry · frosty · polar · cold · taters · icy · Arctic
Coordinates
smoking hot · lukewarm · cool · tepid · lukewarm · cool · baking hot · tepid
Hypernyms
Synonyms
smoking hot · heated · hot · baking hot · choleric · steaming · boiling hot · steaming hot · heated · hot · calid · steaming · scalding · scalding · boiling hot · piping hot · steaming hot · piping hot · choleric · calid
Translations (3)
sv stekhet (very hot) · sv skållhet (very hot) · sv brännhet (very hot)