Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scalding hot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: scald-ing hot
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scalding, hot: very hot in a way that can scald, involving fluids (e.g., water, steam, gases).

adj

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: steaming hot, steaming, boiling hot, piping hot; see also Thesaurus:hot"

Etymology

From Middle English scladeng hoot; equivalent to scalding + hot.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: scald hoot

Frequently Paired Words

smoking hot baking hot lukewarm tepid cool

Synonyms

scalding steaming hot steaming boiling hot piping hot hot calid choleric heated baking hot smoking hot

Antonyms

freezing cold freezing ice-cold icy stone cold algid Arctic Baltic boreal brass monkeys brumal chill

Questions

What does scalding hot mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scalding, hot: very hot in a way that can scald, involving fluids (e.g., water, steam, gases).
Where does scalding hot come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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