seared
Browned with heat
Seared describes something exposed to intense, sudden heat.
Meat is seared to create a browned crust while keeping the interior less cooked: a seared tuna steak.
The word extends to anything marked or damaged by burning: seared flesh.
Figuratively, a seared conscience or memory has been hardened or permanently marked by painful experience.
Burned until black
- singedSuperficially burned
- blackenedDarkened by burning
- scorchedBurned on surface
- blisteredFormed fluid-filled welts
cauterized · carbonized · crisped · parched · shrivelled · withered · discolored · branded
Mind's retention capacity
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- indelibleImpossible to remove
- unforgettablePermanently fixed in memory
- etchedCarved into a surface
imprinted · vivid · haunting · scar · painful · lasting · branded · psyche
Thick beef slice
- scallopsEdible hinged-shell mollusks
- tunaLarge edible ocean fish
- ahiPacific tuna variety
- foie grasFattened waterfowl liver
duck breast · crust · caramelization · pan-fried · golden-brown · crispy · sizzle · smoky
charred
Burned until black
blistered · cauterized · carbonized · crisped · parched · shrivelled · withered · discolored · branded · smoldered
memory
Mind's retention capacity
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- indelibleImpossible to remove
- unforgettablePermanently fixed in memory
etched · imprinted · vivid · haunting · scar · painful · lasting · branded · psyche · consciousness
steak
Thick beef slice
foie gras · duck breast · crust · caramelization · pan-fried · golden-brown · crispy · sizzle · smoky · juicy
blistering
Extremely intense or severe
red-hot · fiery · scalding · burning · intense · flaming · incandescent · broiling · sweltering · torrid
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
ranch · mark · ownership · herd · identification · imprint · cowboy · hide · stamp · permanent
- cookedbaked, boiled, braised, broiled, fried
- Blackened cookingcharred, burnt, scorched, singed, carbonized
- tunaahi, albacore, bigeye, blackfin, bluefin
- food adjectivesdelicious, tasty, yummy, scrumptious, savory
- Steak Donenessrare, medium rare, medium, medium well, well done
- meat qualitiestender, juicy, lean, fatty, tough
- Sears TowerRenamed Chicago high-rise
- seared steakHigh-heat browned meat
- pan searingQuick fry for crust
- seared tunaFlash-cooked fish steak
- searing hotExtremely, dangerously heated
- Sears catalogRetailer's mail-order publication