boiling hot

alternative boiling-hot

1. not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boiling, hot: very hot in a way that involves boiling of water or other liquids.

   Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot

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   Ouch! Don't sip your tea quite yet — it's still boiling hot!

   Synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot

2. broadlyidiomaticnot comparableExtremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature).

   Near-synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot, smoking hot

   1 more example

   Back then, if you were a regular person living in the Deep South, you were going to be boiling hot all summer long, no two ways about it — nobody but rich people had central air at home back then.

   Synonyms: scalding hot, piping hot, smoking hot