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Definition of searing : of Sear

Synonyms:

red, extreme, excruciating, trying, brutal, grievous, hardhanded, ultrahot, serious, biting, severe, acid, accusatory, ad hominem, acrid, murderous, hard, rugged, burdensome, sultry, acute, awful, profound, grim, barbed, onerous, fervent, bitter, rigorous, astringent, stiff, accusing, dire, desperate, blistering, ardent, tough, fervid, acerbic, sizzling, heated, oppressive, heavy, cruel, inhuman, red-hot, grave, piping hot, rough, superheated, white-hot

firing, scorching, poaching, grilling, baking, roasting, parboiling, frying, burning, broiling, sweltering, singing, scalding, warming, boiling, charring, heating, cooking, simmering, toasting, stewing, braising, barbecuing, parching

torrid, hot, tropical, warm, glowing, temperate, fiery, feverish

Usage examples:

• Somewhere- I shall always feel it like a hot iron searing me- somewhere that other I will be all my life long, and when I am dead, and for centuries perhaps, she will smile on, and my image will be looked at as a type of vice! - "The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece", Anne Douglas Sedgwick.
• Sharp, brown- tasting, acid- burning, eye- searing, nose- stinging! - "Brown John's Body", Winston Marks.
• I stood trying to ignore the searing pain in my lashed arm, but I knew that blood was running hot down my shoulder. - "The Door Through Space", Marion Zimmer Bradley.