sizzling

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/ˈsɪzəlɪŋ/

adjective

Hot enough to make a hissing sound.

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hotred-hot
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sizzle
adjectivesizzling (comparative more sizzling, superlative most sizzling)

comparative more sizzling · superlative most sizzling

  1. Hot enough to make a hissing sound.
  2. Brought to the table in the metal dish it has been cooked in, making such a sound.
  3. informalExciting and intensely emotional or sexual.
  4. informalVery skilful or impressive.

    The two teams played a sizzling match.

nounsizzling (plural sizzlings)

plural sizzlings

  1. Such a hissing sound.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound

Similar
hot

adjectivecharacterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement

Similar
red-hothot
Also see
excitinghotred-hotslashing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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