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scalding

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Synonyms: scolding, scaling, stalding, scalping, spalding, scaldino, standing, scathing, stalking, calling, scanning

Antonyms: scolding, scaling, stalding, scalping, spalding, scaldino, standing, scathing, stalking, calling, scanning

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Adjective

  1. Hot enough to burn.
  2. Scorching; scathing.
    • a scalding attack on his critics

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of scald

Noun

  1. An instance of scalding: a burn.

Noun

  1. Synonym of escaline, the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
    • steeping.

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