burning hot

Frequency: 6.03.2 per million words

Strong word to describe a person feeling extremely hot, as if with a fever.

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Examples (10)

  • The child's forehead felt burning hot to the touch.
  • I knew I had a high fever because my skin was burning hot.
  • He was shivering, yet his entire body felt burning hot.
  • After spending hours in the sun, my face was burning hot.
  • Her cheeks became burning hot with embarrassment.
  • The doctor placed a cool cloth on his burning hot forehead.
  • If you start to feel burning hot and dizzy, you should seek shade immediately.
  • The sand on the beach was burning hot under the midday sun.
  • He pulled his hand back from the burning hot engine.
  • The patient complained of feeling burning hot one moment and freezing cold the next.