searing

See also: Searing

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪəɹɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ

Adjective

searing

1. 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 [...].

2. (of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat
3. (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!

4. damning; critical; scathing

Derived terms

• searing hot
• searingly

Noun

searing (plural searings)

1. 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.

2. cooking food quickly at high temperature

Derived terms

• searing-iron

Verb

searing

1. present participle and gerund of sear

Anagrams

• raignes, Angries, regains, earings, angries, Angiers, Reagins, gainers, erasing, Seraing, seringa, reginas, reagins, Aigners, signare, regians, graines, Gearins, Gainers, inrages