as in blazing
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as in hissing
to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\
from my bed I could hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan
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2
as in steaming
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
she was really sizzling about being passed over for the promotion, and nearly quit
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sizzling
Adjective
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Still today, stepping off the blazing L.A. sidewalks into the cool, rustic Gjelina interior feels like putting on a pair of full-body sunglasses.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025 -
In a scene destined to be replayed any time Pascal’s name is batted about awards circles, Joel’s eyes become a blazing window to his soul.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But the white-hot rage of the MAGA base can’t be comfortable to bear.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Silicon Valley’s white-hot tech economy pushed up housing costs.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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There was understandable tension in the quarter-final against Bayern Munich, but something was bubbling from minute one against Porto.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
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One perk is that the bubbling stream provides the ideal ecosystem where hemlock and rhododendron thrive along the banks.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Then the truck flipped over, sending the workers into the raging water.—
Travis Loller,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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Here is the list of fighters that gained immortality as a result of this raging inferno.—
Interesting Engineering,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Among the productions strengths is Jake Gyllenhaal’s seething Iago, one of Shakespeare’s greatest villains.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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This helps explain why Gabbard elicits a seething hatred from people like Frum, Clinton, and Nichols.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
4 Jan. 2025
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As some steelmakers are beginning to embrace cleaner technology, climate and clean air advocates say Nippon's plan would have slowed the transition to greener steel by extending the life of dirty, old coal-burning furnaces.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The molten rock was contained within the park and wasn't threatening residential areas.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, that one didn't last long because there wasn't enough uranium fuel available and the molten salt design wasn't any good for making plutonium, so Oppenheimer et al went for a graphite reactor instead.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Statement Provides Some Respite B&M’s robust statement has provided a rare moment of cheer in what’s proved a torrid year for the discount retailer.—
Royston Wild,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The 44-year-old mainstay has enjoyed a torrid start to 2025 with four top-five starts, winning at Darlington last time out and at Martinsville on March 30.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Sizzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sizzling. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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