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adjective

Definition of sizzlingnext
as in blazing

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sizzling

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verb

present participle of sizzle
1
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
  1. blazing
  2. white-hot
  3. bubbling
  4. raging
  5. seething
  6. burning
  7. molten
  8. torrid
Adjective
  • Nikola Jokic is off to another blazing start to the season and the reigning MVP figures to once again push for that title.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
  • For three blazing years straddling the 1960s and ’70s, Creedence Clearwater Revival was one of the most commercially successful acts in rock.
    Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 16 July 2024
Definition of blazing
Adjective
  • When they are dropped, white-hot metal fragments can fly out in all directions, tearing through their surroundings.
    Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The white-hot rivalry between the Dodgers and Yankees extends far beyond the white lines of their respective ballparks.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of white-hot
Verb
  • At the time, the local underground Indie music scene was bubbling – bands like Sikandar ka Mandar, Poor Rich Boy, Talal Qureshi, Keeray Makoray, Janoobi Khargosh and others had created their own niche sounds and personalities which stirred something up in Maanu.
    Sonya Rehman, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
  • One of my favorite positions was alongside a group of four outgoing Texans — full of fun and bubbling with laughter — who were all from the same town near Houston.
    Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of bubbling
Verb
  • The bright orange-and-red water spouts off the cliff with the visual intensity of a raging forest fire.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Han has kept a low profile following the win, reportedly refusing a celebration her father planned, citing the wars still raging in Gaza and Ukraine.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of raging
Adjective
  • Terrorism is a generational and self-sustaining beast, fed by the doctrine of managing crises instead of solving them, letting seething resentments fester with no eye toward protecting the generation to come.
    Chris Cannon, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The play examines what happens when seething anger is turned inward, as well as the desire for reconciliation.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
Definition of seething
Verb
  • But in July, the local agencies received word from the Forest Service that contractors could no longer provide aerial supervision over fires burning on federal land.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The methane-burning BE-4s, each one generating 550,000 pounds of thrust, continued boosting the rocket out of the lower atmosphere for another three minutes or so before shutting down.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of burning
Adjective
  • Currents of molten lava rose and collapsed like thick tongues of muddy ocean water, making a concussive sloshing sound that snapped and boomed.
    Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Train derailment in Kentucky forced evacuation for molten sulfur spill In November 2023, a CSX train derailed in Eastern Kentucky, spilling molten sulfur and forcing the evacuation of a nearby small town over air quality concerns, NBC News reported.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of molten
Adjective
  • Popular on Variety Amid the torrid love affairs and alliances, epic battles and betrayals, the future of Europe hangs in the balance.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
  • After Teoscar Hernandez reached base, Edman continued his torrid play this series, knocking in both runners on a two-run double to give LA a 2-1 lead.
    Jacob Lev, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of torrid
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