(of the weather)
VERBS
be/become/get/ grow hot
The sun shone fiercely down and it grew hotter and hotter.
ADVERBS.
baking/blazing/bloody (taboo) /boiling/exceedingly/exceptionally/extremely
incredibly/insufferably/intensely/oppressively/really/scorching/stiflingly swelteringly/unbearably/uncomfortably/unusually/very hot
a boiling hot summer's day It was unbearably hot in the car.
a bit/fairly/pretty/quite/rather
This weather's a bit hot for me.
(of a person)
VERBS
be/feel/look hot
Don't you feel hot so close to the fire?
get/grew hot
They had been going steadily up for half an hour and she was beginning to get uncomfortably hot.
His face grew hot at the memory of his embarrassment.
ADVERBS
boiling/burning/extremely/really/uncomfortably/very hot
I was boiling hot and sweaty.
His forehead was burning hot.
a bit/quite/rather hot
(of a thing)
VERBS
be/feel/look/seem hot
get hot
ADVERBS.
extremely/really/red-/scalding/very/white hot
white-hot metal
a bit/fairly/moderately/quite/rather/slightly hot
Wash the tablecloth in fairly hot soapy water.
Bake in a moderately hot oven.
enough/sufficiently hot
The ground was hot enough to fry an egg on.
(of food: not cold)
VERBS
be/keep/stay hot
The food should stay hot until we're ready to eat.
keep sth hot
The containers keep the food hot for five hours.
eat sth/serve sth hot
Serve hot or cold accompanied by bread and a salad.
ADVERBS.
piping/really/scalding/sizzling/steaming/very hot
a bowl of piping hot soup Make sure the fat is sizzling hot.
a bit/fairly/quite/rather hot
(of food: spicy)
VERBS
be/taste hot
ADVERBS.
extremely/really/very hot
I love really hot food.
a bit/pretty/quite/slightly hot
That was a pretty hot curry!
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