overhot
Dangerously high temperature
Overhot means excessively hot—too hot for comfort, safety, or proper function.
An overhot engine risks damage; an overhot room needs ventilation.
The word appears in technical contexts where precise temperature matters: The kiln ran overhot and ruined the glaze.
In figurative use, overhot can describe excessive intensity or passion: an overhot temper, overhot rhetoric.
Extremely intense or severe
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- torridExtremely hot or passionate
- sizzlingHissing from heat
broiling · burning · fiery · flaming · incandescent · parching · sultry · fervid
Moist from exertion
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
- humidContaining much moisture
sticky · clammy · steamy · flushed · feverish · parched · exhausted · wilted
Easily provoked to annoyance
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- impatientUnwilling to wait
- irascibleProne to outbursts
snappy · testy · touchy · tetchy · hotheaded · quick-tempered · fiery · volatile
blistering
Extremely intense or severe
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- torridExtremely hot or passionate
sizzling · broiling · burning · fiery · flaming · incandescent · parching · sultry · fervid · infernal
sweaty
Moist from exertion
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- suffocatingDepriving of air
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
humid · sticky · clammy · steamy · flushed · feverish · parched · exhausted · wilted · heatstroke
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
irascible · snappy · testy · touchy · tetchy · hotheaded · quick-tempered · fiery · volatile · explosive
burnt
Damaged by heat
blackened · singed · ruined · dry · tough · overbaked · overroasted · overfried · crispy · blistered
malfunctioning
Operating incorrectly or failing
fried · failing · dangerous · warning · shutdown · coolant · meltdown · short-circuited