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sizzling

sizzling

3 3.4
Very hot and making a hissing sound
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪzlɪŋ/
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  • Thinking about my movie-star family and the sizzling meat on the grill had made my stomach growl.
  • sizzling hot
  • sizzling sound
  • smell of sizzling

The sun for like an hour and a half, thinking that'd be OK, just sizzling.

Examples

  • A sizzling and crackling noise accompanied its wild flight.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • There was a sizzling sound.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I mean that... when she brought it to our table, it was still sizzling!

    Blog text (21)
  • It's not going to be aesthetic, but like whatever, my God, it's sizzling from the ice cream.

  • A sizzling sound is heard moving down from his throat to his belly.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Cook it up on a stove for 20 minutes, and it has been irrevocably changed into a juicy, sizzling slab of flavor.

    Blog text (17)
  • He could feel her watching him for a response, and he carefully pressed each chicken breast with his spatula, making satisfying sizzling noises.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Night and the sizzling campfire as Ned empties the grease from the frying pan into the fire.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Sizzling potatoes, bacon, and eggs—jars empty and pots of coffee vanish.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The sound of the sizzling bacon in the pan made my mouth water.

Synonyms

hot
vssizzling
1.0

Having a high temperature and able to burn your skin

is a stronger image stressing hissing sound and burning intensity
fiery
vssizzling
44 3.6

Very hot and like burning flames

focuses on the hissing or burning feeling rather than visible flames
red-hot
vssizzling
6 4.1

So warm it glows red

stresses the hissing or burning quality rather than visible red glow
white-hot
vssizzling
3 5.3

Heated until it glows white

is more about the hissing or burning impression than just glowing intensity
blistering
vssizzling
2 5.8

Extremely hot, like strong sun that can burn skin

is similar but emphasizes the hissing and burning sensory cue
baking hot
vssizzling
  • UK
1 3.4

Feels very hot, like you are inside an oven

is more about a burning, hissing sensation than ovenlike ambient warmth
hissing hot
vssizzling
6.5

Very hot and making a sharp steam sound, like food from the oven or a pan

focuses on intense heat that also feels like burning rather than just sound
scalding
vssizzling
3.7

Very hot and able to burn skin

suggests the same danger but highlights the hissing, burning impression
searing
vssizzling
4.1

A very hot burning pain that hurts a lot

leans more toward a hissing, burning image than pain focus
scorching
vssizzling
3.7

Very hot so you want to find shade and drink water

puts more weight on a hissing, burning impression than parching effect
boiling
vssizzling
2.5

Used before an adjective to show a very strong feeling

relates to physical hissing and burning rather than metaphorical intensity

Antonyms

608 1.0

A fairly low temperature that feels pleasant

13 2.3

Only a little warm, not hot or cold

How Hot

scorching
3.7
sizzling
3 3.4
hot
1.0
warm
1.0
lukewarm
13 2.3

Surface Forms

sizzling positive

Morphology

sizzling = sizzle (transparent) = sizzle + ing

The adjective is formed regularly from the verb 'sizzle' with '-ing', and the meaning directly relates to heat/hissing.

Etymology

Sizzling comes from sizzle, a word that copies the hot, hissing noise 'to hiss' made when food fries. That's why sizzling describes something very hot or making a hissing sound.