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Definition

Extremely hot.

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Origins

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

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Opposite In Meaning

  • freezing cold
  • freezing
  • ice-cold
  • icy
  • stone cold
  • algid
  • Arctic
  • Baltic
  • boreal
  • brass monkeys
  • brumal
  • chill
  • chilled
  • chilly
  • clay-cold
  • cold
  • cold as a mackerel
  • cold as charity
  • freezing
  • frosty
  • frore
  • frozen
  • gelid
  • glacial
  • hiemal
  • icy
  • inclement
  • nesh
  • nippy
  • parky
  • polar
  • sleety
  • snowy
  • taters
  • wintry