baking[adjective]Synonyms: hot, broiling, burning, fiery, red-hot, scalding, scorching, sizzling, torrid, white-hot
English Thesaurus: hot, warm, boiling (hot), feverish, baking (hot), ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
hot used especially when you feel uncomfortable:
I feel really hot. The travellers were hot, tired, and thirsty.warm a little hot, especially in a way that feels comfortable:
Are you warm enough? We had to keep moving in order to keep warm.boiling (hot) spoken very hot:
You must be boiling in that sweater! ‘I’m going for a swim,' said Gary. ’I’m boiling.' I felt boiling hot and tried to open one of the windows.feverish feeling very hot because you are ill:
His head ached and he felt feverish. Hannah was slightly feverish, so we decided to call the doctor.baking (hot) British English very hot and dry:
a baking hot afternoon The weather was baking hot and conditions at the camp became unbearable. It’s baking out there in the garden – I need a drink.scorching (hot) very hot:
It was another scorching hot July day. When we got there, the weather was scorching. Arizona is scorching hot every day.humid/muggy hot and damp:
This week sees a return to more humid conditions. Hong Kong gets very humid at this time of year. In June the weather was often muggy in the evenings. It was a warm muggy afternoon, and it looked like it would rain.like an oven much too hot in a way that is uncomfortable – used about rooms and buildings:
The inside of the shed was like an oven.lukewarm /ˌluːkˈwɔːm◂ $ -ˈwɔːrm◂/ slightly warm, but not hot enough – used about liquids:
a cup of lukewarm coffee The bath water was lukewarm.delicious having a very good taste:
This cake is delicious! a delicious mealdisgusting/revolting having a very bad taste:
The medicine tasted disgusting. They had to eat revolting things, like fish eyes.sweet tasting full of sugar:
The oranges were very sweet.tasty especially spoken tasting good and with plenty of flavour:
She cooked us a simple but tasty meal. That was really tasty!sour/tart having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does – used especially when this is rather unpleasant:
The apples were a little sour. The wine has rather a tart taste, which not everyone will like.tangy having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does, in a way that seems good:
The dressing was nice and tangy.bitter having a strong taste which is not sweet and is sometimes rather unpleasant – used for example about black coffee, or chocolate without sugar:
bitter chocolate The medicine had rather a bitter taste. Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste.salty containing a lot of salt:
Danish salami has a salty flavour.hot/spicy having a burning taste because it contains strong spices:
I love hot curries. a spicy tomato saucepiquant /ˈpiːkənt/
formal a little spicy – used especially by people who write about food. This word can sound rather
pretentious in everyday conversation:
cooked vegetables in a piquant saucemild not having a strong or hot taste – usually used about foods that can sometimes be spicy:
a mild currybland not having an interesting taste:
I found the sauce rather bland. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲