scorching sun
Fierce overhead inferno
A scorching sun is one that beats down with intense, uncomfortable heat.
The phrase emphasizes the sun's punishing quality rather than its light: We walked miles under the scorching sun.
Scorching suggests heat strong enough to burn or parch—the kind that drives people to seek shade.
- blazingBurning very brightly
- beating downStriking repeatedly, forcefully
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- desertTo leave behind completely
burn · parched · sun exposure · drought · sunburn · blistering · sun protection · merciless · high noon · noon · summer · sweat · water break · dehydration · heat exhaustion · glare · blinding light · heatwave
scorching sunbitter cold
Extremely low temperature
arctic cold · winter freeze · sub-zero temperatures · cold snap · cool breeze
scorching sunovercast skies
Cloud-covered atmosphere
dark clouds · thick fog · heavy rain · gray skies · moonless night
scorch, scorched, scorcher, scorches, sunned, sunning, sunshine, sunlight, sunlit