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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCALDING

ppr. 1. Burning or injuring by hot liquor.
2. Exposing to a boiling heat in liquor.

 

SCALDING-HOT

a.So hot as to scald the skin.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scalding

scald ing |ˈskôldiNG skɔldɪŋ | adjective very hot; burning: she took a sip of scalding tea | [ as submodifier ] : the water was scalding hot. intense and painful or distressing: a scalding tirade of abuse.

 

Oxford Dictionary

scalding

scald |ing |ˈskɔːldɪŋ | adjective very hot; burning: she took a sip of scalding tea | [ as submodifier ] : the water was scalding hot. intense and painful or distressing: a scalding tirade of abuse.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scalding

scalding adjective a pot of scalding water: extremely hot, burning, blistering, searing, red-hot; piping hot; informal boiling (hot ), sizzling.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scalding

scalding adjective a jet of scalding water: extremely hot, burning, blistering, searing, red-hot; piping hot; informal boiling (hot ), sizzling.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scalding

sc ld ing 形容詞 1 〈飲み物が 〉やけどするくらい熱い scalding hot coffee 熱々のコーヒー (!scaldingは副詞的 ) 2 〈批判などが 〉手厳しい, 辛辣 しんらつ .~̀ t ars (激しい悲しみ 後悔の )熱い涙 .