roasted 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of roastednext
as in roasting

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roasted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of roast
as in teased
to make fun of in a good-natured way playfully roasting their mother for her choice of hat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roasted
  1. teased
  2. boiling
  3. superheated
  4. joked
  5. broiling
  6. overheated
  7. steamy
  8. burning
Verb
  • Audiences caught a glimpse of child Bruce in the first film; Arthur was also teased to be his half-brother as his mother worked as a maid at the Wayne manor.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • While performing in Haikou, China over the weekend, West teased his next album which is tentatively titled Bully.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of teased
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Definition of boiling
Adjective
  • This superheated environment leaves little room for serious consideration of the United States’ historical experience, beyond the easy and oversimplified analogy to the Vietnam War.
    Mark Atwood Lawrence, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2021
  • With a radiation exposure that delivers roughly 1,000 joules per square centimeter, superheated regions developed on the asteroid, producing pressures of over 100 gigapascals (roughly a million times the atmospheric pressure at sea level).
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of superheated
Verb
  • Earlier in the interview, Ronan and Kimmel had joked about how the actress has lost in the Oscar race despite being nominated four times thus far.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The Megalopolis actress recalled working with Smart previously but joked that the interaction wasn’t too memorable.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of joked
Adjective
  • Listen to this article CROMWELL — On a broiling hot afternoon at The Travelers Pro Am, Chris Berman pulled on his San Francisco Giants cap to remember Willie Mays, who died Tuesday at age 93.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
  • In a broiling game where the thermometer topped 100 degrees, the Chargers built a big lead before starter Tobin Rote gave way to the rookie Hadl during mop-up minutes.
    Bryce MillerColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
Definition of broiling
Adjective
  • The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed early this summer that the derailment was caused by an overheated wheel bearing that wasn’t caught in time by trackside detectors.
    Josh Funk, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The constantly shifting justifications for the overheated rhetoric illustrated what became obvious when Georgians went to the polls in 2022 and delivered a thumping mandate for Kemp and Raffensperger: There was never anything to it.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of overheated
Adjective
  • Hot temperatures, among other triggers like caffeine, steamy showers, spicy food, and stress, can exacerbate the visible effects of rosacea, causing unwanted inflamed flare-ups.
    Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Tech contributions are topped by Alan Silvestri’s smooth and steamy music — a proud and sad trumpet wafts lonesome through out, signaling the restrictive worlds of those who would sacrifice their life for a client and those who would sacrifice their happiness for the public.
    Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of steamy
Adjective
  • At private equity firm TPG, global head of human resources Anna Edwin poised one of the most burning questions for business leaders in thinking through their future talent strategies.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Social media star Hannah Neeleman and her husband Daniel Neeleman are answering fans' most burning question.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
Definition of burning
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