searing

sear ¹  (sîr)

v. seared, sear·ing, sears

v.tr.

1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn¹.

2. To cause to dry up and wither.

v.intr.

To become withered or dried up.

n.

A condition, such as a scar, produced by searing.

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[Middle English seren, from Old English sarian, to wither, from sar, withered.]

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sear ²  (sîr)

n.

The catch in a gunlock that keeps the hammer halfcocked or fully cocked.

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[Probably French serre, something that grasps, from Old French, lock, from serrer, to grasp, from Vulgar Latin *serrre, from Late Latin serre, to bolt, from Latin sera, bar, bolt; see ser-² in Indo-European roots.]

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sear ³  (sîr)

adj.

Variant of sere¹.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

searing - severely critical critical - marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

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searing

adjective

1. acute, sharp, intense, shooting, violent, severe, painful, distressing, stabbing, fierce, stinging, piercing, sore, excruciating, gut-wrenching She woke to a searing pain in her feet.

2. cutting, biting, severe, bitter, harsh, scathing, acrimonious, barbed, hurtful, sarcastic, sardonic, caustic, vitriolic, trenchant, mordant, mordacious, acerb They have long been subject to searing criticism.

Translations

searing [ˈsɪərɪŋ] ADJ [heat] → ardiente; [pain] → agudo; [criticism] → mordaz, acerbo

searing [ˈsɪərɪŋ] adj

[heat] → brûlant(e)

[pain] → cuisant(e)
sea salt n → sel m de mer

searing

adj heat → glühend; pain also → scharf; wind → glühend heiß; (fig) (= painful) grief, sense of loss → quälend; (= forceful) indictment, attack → scharf; documentary → eindringlich

searing [ˈsɪərɪŋ] adj (heat) → rovente; (pain) → acuto/a

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searing [ˈsɪərɪŋ] adj (heat) → rovente; (pain) → acuto/a