scorching

scorch  (skôrch)

v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es

v.tr.

1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn¹.

2. To wither or parch with intense heat.

3. To destroy (land and buildings) by or as if by fire so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army.

4. To subject to severe censure; excoriate.

v.intr.

1. To become scorched or singed.

2. To go or move at a very fast, often excessively fast rate.

n.

1. A slight or surface burn.

2. A discoloration caused by heat.

3. Brown spotting on plant leaves caused by fungi, heat, or lack of water.

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[Middle English scorchen, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skorpna, to shrink, be shriveled.]

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scorching·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	scorching - hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface; "scorching heat" hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
Adv.	1.	scorching - capable of causing burns; "it was scorching hot"

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scorching

adjective burning, boiling, baking, flaming, tropical, roasting, searing, fiery, sizzling, red-hot, torrid, sweltering, broiling, unbearably hot It was a scorching day.

Translations

scorching [ˈskɔːtʃɪŋ] ADJ (also scorching hot) [heat, day, sun] → abrasador; [sand] → que quema
it's a scorching day → hoy hace un día abrasador
it's scorching hot → hace un calor tremendo
a few scorching remarks → algunas observaciones mordaces

scorching [ˈskɔː^rtʃɪŋ]

adj [heat, day, sun, weather] → torride

adv
scorching hot [day, summer] → torride

scorching

adj (= very hot) sun, iron → glühend heiß; day, weather → brütend heiß, knallheiß (inf); heat → sengend; (inf: = very fast) speed → rasend; driver → rasant; (fig: = scathing) → gepfeffert (inf); to set a scorching pace (Sport) → ein rasantes Tempo vorlegen

adv the sun is scorching hot → die Sonne ist glühend heiß

scorching [ˈskɔːtʃɪŋ] adj (also scorching hot) → rovente; (day) → torrido/a; (sun) → che spacca le pietre; (sand) → bollente
it's scorching → fa un caldo pazzesco