| English Dictionary |
SEARING
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does searing mean?
• SEARING (adjective)
The adjective SEARING has 1 sense:
1. severely critical
Familiarity information: SEARING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Severely critical
Similar:
critical (marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws)
Context examples
Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, such deposits might provide a delicate window into the possibility of past life on the Red Planet.
(NASA Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars, NASA)
A sensation of intensley hot or searing discomfort.
(Burning Pain, NCI Thesaurus)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely." (English proverb)
"Wise enemy is better than a foolish friend." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"The fruit of silence is tranquility." (Arabic proverb)
"A monkey is a gazelle in its mothers eyes." (Egyptian proverb)
"Wise enemy is better than a foolish friend." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"The fruit of silence is tranquility." (Arabic proverb)
"A monkey is a gazelle in its mothers eyes." (Egyptian proverb)