lava-like
Hot and glowing
Lava-like describes something resembling molten rock—glowing, viscous, slowly flowing, or intensely hot: The lava-like cheese stretched from the pizza.
The comparison usually emphasizes either the visual quality of something red-orange and luminous, or the thick, oozing movement of dense liquid.
Giving off steady light
- incandescentGlowing from heat
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
- red-hotHeated to glowing
magmatic · fiery · oozing · smoldering · liquefied · scorching · pyroclastic · searing
Citrus with segments
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- glowingGiving off steady light
- veinedMarked with linear channels
- marbledStreaked with irregular patterns
streaked · luminous · crackling · blackened · charred · iridescent · swirling · patterned
Thick and slow-flowing
sticky · treacly · syrupy · ropy · clinging · gelatinous · tarry · congealing
Using up entirely
- engulfingSurrounding and consuming completely
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- advancingMoving in forward direction
relentless · smothering · obliterating · incinerating · creeping · inexorable · overwhelming · all-consuming
glowing
Giving off steady light
- incandescentGlowing from heat
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
red-hot · magmatic · fiery · oozing · smoldering · liquefied · scorching · pyroclastic · searing · superheated
orange
Citrus with segments
marbled · streaked · luminous · crackling · blackened · charred · iridescent · swirling · patterned · mottled
viscous
Thick and slow-flowing
dense · sticky · treacly · syrupy · ropy · clinging · gelatinous · tarry · congealing · plastic
consuming
Using up entirely
- engulfingSurrounding and consuming completely
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- devastatingCausing severe damage
advancing · relentless · smothering · obliterating · incinerating · creeping · inexorable · overwhelming · all-consuming · apocalyptic