Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Hot enough to scald the skin.
- adjective Causing a burning sensation like that of hot liquid on the skin.
- adjective Emotionally painful or traumatic.
- adjective Harshly critical or denunciatory; scathing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of burning with hot liquid or with steam.
- noun plural Things scalded or boiled, especially while still scalding hot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a liquid Hot enough to burn.
- verb Present participle of
scald . - noun An instance of
scalding ; aburn .
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Examples
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In this year's pageant, contestant Lauren Edwards dunked a large chicken in scalding water and plucked it with her bare hands.
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For simply articulating a truth known by very many, not the least the Palestinian leadership, for decades, Whitley was chastised by the Jordanians, while Hamas angrily demanded his dismissal: one more example of how speaking your mind can land you in scalding water with those who regard freedom of speech as contingent on what you say.
Ben S. Cohen: The Palestinians and Israel: Just Say No Ben S. Cohen 2010
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For simply articulating a truth known by very many, not the least the Palestinian leadership, for decades, Whitley was chastised by the Jordanians, while Hamas angrily demanded his dismissal: one more example of how speaking your mind can land you in scalding water with those who regard freedom of speech as contingent on what you say.
Ben S. Cohen: The Palestinians and Israel: Just Say No Ben S. Cohen 2010
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For simply articulating a truth known by very many, not the least the Palestinian leadership, for decades, Whitley was chastised by the Jordanians, while Hamas angrily demanded his dismissal: one more example of how speaking your mind can land you in scalding water with those who regard freedom of speech as contingent on what you say.
Ben S. Cohen: The Palestinians and Israel: Just Say No Ben S. Cohen 2010
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For simply articulating a truth known by very many, not the least the Palestinian leadership, for decades, Whitley was chastised by the Jordanians, while Hamas angrily demanded his dismissal: one more example of how speaking your mind can land you in scalding water with those who regard freedom of speech as contingent on what you say.
Ben S. Cohen: The Palestinians and Israel: Just Say No Ben S. Cohen 2010
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For simply articulating a truth known by very many, not the least the Palestinian leadership, for decades, Whitley was chastised by the Jordanians, while Hamas angrily demanded his dismissal: one more example of how speaking your mind can land you in scalding water with those who regard freedom of speech as contingent on what you say.
Ben S. Cohen: The Palestinians and Israel: Just Say No Ben S. Cohen 2010
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What if I took a bath in scalding water, let the water run my skin red?
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What if I took a bath in scalding water, let the water run my skin red?
October « 2008 « 2008
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Life can be found in scalding, acidic hot pools, in the driest deserts, and in the dark, crushing depths of the ocean.
Boing Boing 2008
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They doused her in scalding water, ripped out her hair and made her drink from a toilet.
Where poems come from. : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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