Heat wave Friday – synonyms for “HOT”

Here’s my list of 33 synonyms we often use to describe extremely hot weather, many of which reference to cooking terms — please feel free to add others that may come to mind. I did not include words for the humidity – that would a whole other list, although some terms could easily apply to both.

Baking

Blazing

Blistering

Broiling

Brutal

Burning

Cooking

Dogday

Feverish

Fiery

Flaming

Frying

Furnace-like

Grilling

Hellish

Oppressive

Oven-like

Parched

Red-hot

Roasting

Scorching

Searing

Scalding

Sizzling

Smokin’

Smothering

Steaming

Stifling

Sultry

Sweltering

Toasty

Torrid

Tropical

Unbearable

Withering