scorchy

S1C3O1R1C3H4Y4

adjective

Torrid; passionate; scorching.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivescorchy (comparative scorchier, superlative scorchiest)

comparative scorchier · superlative scorchiest

  1. Torrid; passionate; scorching.

    She planted me with a smacker so scorchy it singed my socks.

    1991, Gary K. Wolf, Who p-p-plugged Roger Rabbit?, page 236

Origin

From scorch + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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