scorched

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adjective

Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.

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adustbakedparchedsunbakeddrydestroyed
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Meanings

adjectivescorched (comparative more scorched, superlative most scorched)

comparative more scorched · superlative most scorched

  1. Dried, damaged or burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of scorch

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

Similar
adustbakedparchedsunbakeddry

adjectivehaving everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy

Similar
destroyed
Also see
adustbakedparchedsunbaked

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian обгорен, изгорен
  • обгорен (obgoren)dried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
  • изгорен (izgoren)dried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
Finnish palanut
  • palanutdried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
French brûlé
  • brûlédried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
German verbrannt
  • verbranntdried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
Hindi संतप्त, दग्ध
  • संतप्त (santapt)dried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
  • दग्ध (dagdh)dried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
Hungarian megperzselődött, megperzselt
  • megperzselődöttdried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
  • megperzseltdried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
  • megpörkölődöttdried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
Italian adusto, riarso
  • adustodried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
  • riarsodried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
  • brullodried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
  • bruciatodried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
  • bruciacchiatodried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
Latin adustus
  • adustusdried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
Māori tūpākākā
  • tūpākākādried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
Spanish quemado, chamuscado
  • quemadodried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
  • chamuscadodried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat
Swedish bränd
  • bränddried, damaged, burnt by exposure to sunlight or heat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with scorched

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Cite this entry
APA

scorched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorched

MLA

“scorched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorched. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scorched,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorched.

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