Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sear

4 senses of sear

Sense 1
sear, scorch -- (make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside")
       => heat, heat up -- (make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove")

Sense 2
scorch, sear, singe -- (become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames")
       => burn, combust -- (undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well")

Sense 3
char, blacken, sear, scorch -- (burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling")
       => burn -- (burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress")

Sense 4
parch, sear -- (cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth")
       => dry, dry out -- (remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair")

Antonyms of adj searing

1 sense of searing

Sense 1
searing -- (severely critical)

INDIRECT (VIA critical) -> uncritical -- (not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors; "a devoted and almost uncritical admirer")

Similarity of adj searing

1 sense of searing

Sense 1
searing -- (severely critical)
       => critical (vs. uncritical) -- (marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude")