Synonyms of scorches

scorches

verb

present tense third-person singular of scorch

1

as in chars

to burn on the surface

the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chars
• singes
• bakes
• sears
• lights
• ignites
• inflames
• fires
• kindles
• incinerates
• enflames
• scalds
• cremates
• scathes

2

as in dries

to make dry

weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dries
• bakes
• parches
• sears
• desiccates
• dehydrates
• drains
• evaporates
• shrivels
• dehumidifies
• withers
• mummifies
• air-dries
• wizens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• waters
• wets
• saturates
• washes
• hydrates
• drowns
• soaks
• bathes
• drenches
• douses
• floods
• inundates
• overflows
• moistens
• deluges
• dampens
• damps
• sops
• submerges
• waterlogs
• dips
• dowses
• souses
• humidifies
• swamps
• rehydrates
• dunks