I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of scorch (I)
1. : that scorches : burning
several days of scorching heat — Allison Danzig & Joe King
2. : blistering , scathing , stinging, withering
capable of making scorching retorts when provoked — F.L.Paxson
scorching indictment of the foreign policies — Reinhold Niebuhr
a scorching message to congress blasting the idle rich — W.A.White
• scorch·ing·ly adverb
II. adverb
: to a scorching degree
the day was scorching hot — Winston Churchill
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of scorch (I)
1. : an act of one that scorches
2. : scorch 2