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Added 9 October 2026

scorching

adjective

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Very hot.
It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.
Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering.
Sexy, sexual, attractive.

verb

present participle and gerund of scorch

noun

The act or result of something being scorched.

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