scalding

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.

noun

The act or process of burning with hot liquid or with steam.

noun

plural Things scalded or boiled, especially while still scalding hot.

adjective

Hot enough to burn.

verb

Present participle of scald.

noun

An instance of scalding; a burn.