smoking hot

adjective

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see smoking, hot: so hot as to be emitting smoke, perhaps about to catch fire.

“Near-synonym: smouldering”

Similar
smokingsmoulderingscalding hotpiping hotboiling hotsteaming hotsteamingbaking hot
Opposite
freezing coldfreezingfrigidice-coldalgid
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Meanings

adjectivesmoking hot (comparative more smoking hot, superlative most smoking hot)

comparative more smoking hot · superlative most smoking hot

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see smoking, hot: so hot as to be emitting smoke, perhaps about to catch fire.

    Near-synonym: smouldering

    Synonyms: smoking, smouldering · Antonyms: freezing cold, freezing, frigid, ice-cold, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal

  2. broadlyVery hot; having a very high temperature.

    Synonyms: smoking, scalding hot, piping hot, boiling hot, steaming hot, steaming, baking hot · Antonyms: freezing cold, freezing, frigid, ice-cold, algid, Arctic, Baltic, boreal

  3. slangVery attractive; very sexy.

    Synonyms: smoking, blazing, alluring, arousing, attractive, bangable, beautiful, beddable · Antonyms: fugly, hideous, repellent, repulsive, unsexy, brendan, bad, beat

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see smoking, hot: so hot as to be emitting smoke, perhaps about to catch fire.

Similar
smokingsmouldering
Opposite
freezing coldfreezingfrigidice-coldalgidArcticBalticborealbrass monkeysbrumalchillchilledchillyclay-coldcoldcold as a mackerelcold as charityfreezingfrostyfrore

adjectiveVery hot; having a very high temperature.

Similar
smokingscalding hotpiping hotboiling hotsteaming hotsteamingbaking hot
Opposite
freezing coldfreezingfrigidice-coldalgidArcticBalticborealbrass monkeysbrumalchillchilledchillyclay-coldcoldcold as a mackerelcold as charityfreezingfrostyfrore

adjectiveVery attractive; very sexy.

Similar
smokingblazingalluringarousingattractivebangablebeautifulbeddablebedworthybonablebonerificbuffdeliciousdesirabledoabledreamyeffablefanciablefappablefapworthy
Opposite
fuglyhideousrepellentrepulsiveunsexybrendanbadbeatbuttersbutt-uglyclappedcoyote uglydeformfuckfacedfuglyhideoushomelylike the back end of a busplug-uglyrepulsive
Also see
baking hotboiling hothissing hotpiping hotscalding hotsteaming hot
Cite this entry
APA

smoking hot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoking%20hot

MLA

“smoking hot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoking%20hot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smoking hot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoking%20hot.

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