| Main Entry: | sizzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hiss, fry |
Synonyms: |
broil, brown, buzz, cook, crackle, fizz, fizzle, frizzle, grill, roast, sear, sibilate, spit, sputter, swish, wheeze, whisper, whiz |
| Main Entry: | sizzling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hot |
Synonyms: |
ardent, baking, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, calescent, close, decalescent, febrile, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, heated, humid, igneous, incandescent, like an oven, on fire, ovenlike, parching, piping, recalescent, red*, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white* |
| Main Entry: | boiling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very hot |
Synonyms: |
baking, blistering, broiling, burning, fiery, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, sizzling, torrid, tropical, warm |
Antonyms: |
freezing |
| Main Entry: | broiling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very hot |
Synonyms: |
baking, burning, fiery, on fire, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, sizzling, sweltering, torrid |
Antonyms: |
freezing |
| Main Entry: | burning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blazing, flashing |
Synonyms: |
afire, aflame, alight, blistering, broiling, conflagrant, enkindled, fiery, flaming, flaring, gleaming, glowing, heated, hot, ignited, illuminated, in flames, incandescent, kindled, on fire, oxidizing, red-hot, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, smouldering, torrid, white-hot |
Antonyms: |
cold, cool |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
Synonyms: |
French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
| Main Entry: | fry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook in hot oil |
Synonyms: |
brown, french fry, fricassee, frizzle, pan fry, sauté, sear, singe, sizzle |
| Main Entry: | heated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | warmed |
Synonyms: |
baked, baking, boiling, broiled, broiling, burned, burning, burnt, cooked, fiery, fired, fried, hot, parched, scalding, scorched, scorching, sizzling, toasted |
Antonyms: |
cooled, frozen |
| Main Entry: | hot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very high in temperature |
Synonyms: |
baking, blazing, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, calescent, close, decalescent, febrile, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, flaming, heated, humid, igneous, incandescent, like an oven, on fire, ovenlike, parching, piping, recalescent, red*, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, steaming, stuffy, sultry, summery, sweltering, sweltry, thermogenic, torrid, tropic, tropical, very warm, warm, white* |
Antonyms: |
cold, cool, freezing, frigid |
| Main Entry: | libel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purposefully lie about someone |
Synonyms: |
asperse, bad-mouth, blister, burlesque, calumniate, caricature, crack, defame, denigrate, derogate, drag name through mud, give a black eye, knock, malign, mark wrong, mark*, revile, roast, scandalize, scorch, sizzle, slur, smear, tear down, traduce, travesty, vilify |
| Notes: | libel (from Latin libellus 'little book') must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant 'document, written statement' slander is spoken defamation; libel is written or visual or broadcast defamation |
Antonyms: |
tell truth |