searing
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪəɹɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ
Adjective
searing
- very hot; blistering or boiling
- 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Phase II units in service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 69:
- Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves [...].
- (of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat
- (figuratively) unbearably intense or emotionally powerful
- 1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems:
- O! yearning heart! I did inherit
Thy withering portion with the fame,
The searing glory which hath shone
Amid the jewels of my throne,
Halo of Hell!
- damning; critical; scathing
Derived terms
Noun
searing (plural searings)
- action of the verb to sear
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
- he was raw with the searings of the fire
- 1970 August, Ebony, volume 25, number 10, page 156:
- It was the time of new searings of black identity deep within the psyche of the black community.
- cooking food quickly at high temperature
Derived terms
Verb
searing
- present participle and gerund of sear