ovenlike
Hot as baking
Resembling an oven, especially in being extremely hot or enclosed: The car's interior was ovenlike after sitting in the sun all day.
The comparison usually emphasizes oppressive, dry heat rather than gentle warmth.
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- sizzlingHissing from heat
- torridExtremely hot or passionate
fiery · boiling · searing · roasting · burning · broiling · scalding · baking
Having no atmosphere
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- unventilatedWithout air circulation
- smotheringDepriving of air
close · fuggy · oppressive · heavy · muggy · thick · breathless · stuffy
Devoid of water
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
- dehydratedSeverely lacking moisture
- scorchedBurned on surface
baked · sunbaked · toasted · crisped · dried-out · withering
sweltering
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- sizzlingHissing from heat
torrid · fiery · boiling · searing · roasting · burning · broiling · scalding · baking · toasting
airless
Having no atmosphere
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- unventilatedWithout air circulation
smothering · close · fuggy · oppressive · heavy · muggy · thick · breathless · stuffy · hermetic
arid
Devoid of water
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
- dehydratedSeverely lacking moisture
scorched · baked · sunbaked · toasted · crisped · dried-out · withering
boxy
Resembling a cube
interior · snug · walled · vaulted · domed · compartmentalized · sealed · contained · recessed · hollow