broiling

broil·ing

adj \ˈbrȯi(-ə)-liŋ\

Definition of BROILING

: extremely hot <a broiling sun>

Examples of BROILING

1. <the office was broiling because the air conditioning was on the blink>

First Known Use of BROILING

1555

Related to BROILING

Synonyms: ardent, boiling, hot, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, piping hot, red, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sultry, superheated, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, white-hot

Antonyms: algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, cold, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy

Related Words: blazing, glowing, igneous, molten, seething, sizzling; heated, overheated, reheated, warmed; snug, toasty, warm, warmish; feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed); canicular, muggy, steamy, summerlike, summery, tropical

Near Antonyms: chill, chilly, coldish, cool, coolish, nippy, snappy; blizzardly, frosty, snowy, subfreezing, subzero, wintry (also wintery); chilled, cooled, refrigerated, unheated; benumbed, numb, shivering

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Rhymes with BROILING

boiling, moiling