Usually means: Burning intensely with extreme heat.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word scorching:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. scorching: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scorching: Merriam-Webster
  3. scorching: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scorching: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scorching: Vocabulary.com
  6. Scorching, scorching: Wordnik
  7. scorching: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scorching: Wiktionary
  9. scorching: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. scorching: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. scorching: Dictionary.com
  12. scorching: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Scorching: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. scorching: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. scorching: Rhymezone
  16. Scorching: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. scorching: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. scorching: FreeDictionary.org
  19. scorching: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. scorching: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scorching: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scorching: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. scorching: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. scorching: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Very hot.
adjective:  Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering.
adjective:  Sexy, sexual, attractive.
adjective:  Of speed when driving, running, etc.: Very high.
noun:  The act or result of something being scorched.

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