hot

(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!