sizzled

Made frying sounds

Sizzled is the past tense of sizzle—to make a hissing, crackling sound like food cooking in hot fat: The bacon sizzled in the pan.

By extension, something that sizzled was intensely hot, exciting, or sexually charged: The chemistry between them sizzled on screen.

A sizzling summer day is oppressively hot.

cooking

bacon

Cured smoked pork

  • skilletShallow pan for frying
  • panShallow cooking vessel
  • oilSlippery viscous fluid

butter · griddle · sear · saute · crispy · golden · caramelization · spatter · tongs · steak

excitement

buzz

Continuous low drone

sensational · explosive · dynamic · charged · crackling · smoking · fire · heat · sparks · red-hot

heat

scorching

Extremely hot, burning

broiling · roasting · hot · steaming · burning · torrid · blazing · red-hot · white-hot · fiery

sound

hiss

Sharp sibilant sound

  • crackleSharp snapping sounds
  • popFizzy drink, regionally
  • sputterEmit irregular popping sounds

fizz · snap · splatter · splash · spit · bubbling · frying · grease · steam · whoosh

failure

fizzled

Failed after promising start

collapsed · faltered · crashed · died · faded · wilted · deflated · disappointed

Categories
Opposites
cooking sound/heat activity

sizzledfell silent

cooled · rested

temperature state

sizzledfroze

Became solid or still

frozen · chilled · iced · cooled · congealed

energy/excitement (figurative)

sizzledfizzled

Failed after promising start

flopped · bombed · fell flat · tanked · flatlined

Phrases
Family

sizzling, sizzle, sizzles, sizzler, sizzlers

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G