searing

1. very hot; blistering or boiling

   Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves [...].

   1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Phase II units in service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 69

2. having a sensation of intense sudden heat
3. figurativelyunbearably intense or emotionally powerful

   O! yearning heart! I did inherit Thy withering portion with the fame, The searing glory which hath shone Amid the jewels of my throne, Halo of Hell!

   1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems

4. damning; critical; scathing

plural searings

1. action of the verb to sear

   he was raw with the searings of the fire

   1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC

   1 more example

   It was the time of new searings of black identity deep within the psyche of the black community.

   1970 August, Ebony, volume 25, number 10, page 156

2. cooking food quickly at high temperature

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sear

plural Searings

1. A surname.