'Scalding' definitions:
Definition of 'Scalding'
From: GCIDE
- Scald \Scald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.] [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. ['e]chauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Caldron.]
- 1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand. [1913 Webster]
- Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scalding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ardent,
- baking,
- blistering,
- boiling,
- broiling,
- burning,
- burning hot,
- canicular,
- ebullient,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- flushed,
- grilling,
- heated,
- hot,
- hot as fire,
- hot as hell,
- like a furnace,
- like an oven,
- overheated,
- overwarm,
- parching,
- piping hot,
- red-hot,
- roasting,
- scorching,
- searing,
- seething,
- simmering,
- sizzling,
- sizzling hot,
- smoking hot,
- sudorific,
- sweating,
- sweaty,
- sweltering,
- sweltry,
- toasting,
- torrid,
- white-hot