scalding hot
Painfully high heat
Scalding hot describes a temperature high enough to burn skin on contact, typically used for liquids: The coffee was scalding hot.
The phrase emphasizes dangerous heat rather than merely uncomfortable warmth.
Sometimes used hyperbolically for anything unpleasantly hot: It's scalding hot outside.
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- steam burnInjury from hot vapor
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- boiling pointVaporization threshold
blister · burn · third degree burn · burning hot · piping hot · pain · tea · coffee spill · thermal shock · searing · boiling water · hot water · spill · fiery · splash · wince · sting · sizzling