SCORCHING

adj. 1 hot, torrid, searing, parching, shrivelling, tropical, hellish, sizzling, broiling, boiling, sweltering Scorching heat waves are dangerous for the very young and the elderly 2 critical, caustic, scathing, mordant, vituperative, excoriating, harsh, acrimonious, bitter The shadow minister for finance issued a scorching condemnation of the government's tax policies