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100 Words to Use Instead of “Hot”

February 20, 2026

100 Words to Use Instead of

No. Term Definition
1. Ablaze Burning brightly; on fire.
2. Above-normal Higher than usual temperature.
3. Airless Stuffy; lacking fresh air.
4. Airtight Sealed; can feel stuffy.
5. Arid Very dry; little moisture.
6. Baking Extremely hot; like an oven.
7. Balmy Pleasantly warm and mild.
8. Beaming Radiating warmth or light.
9. Blandly warm Mild warmth; not intense.
10. Blazing Burning intensely; very bright.
11. Blistering So hot it raises blisters.
12. Boiling Extremely high temperature.
13. Breathless Stuffy; uncomfortably warm.
14. Broiling Oppressively hot; scorching.
15. Burning Very hot; causing heat sensation.
16. Caked Dried and hardened by heat.
17. Calefied Heated; made warm.
18. Candent White-hot; glowing from heat.
19. Chafing Irritatingly warm; causing friction heat.
20. Clammy Damp and cool; unpleasant.
21. Close Stuffy and uncomfortably warm.
22. Cloying Oppressively warm; sickly heavy.
23. Cooked Overheated; warmed too much.
24. Crackling Very hot; snapping with heat.
25. Crisp Briskly cool, not warm.
26. Desiccating Drying out strongly; heat-driven.
27. Dewless Dry and warm; no moisture.
28. Droughty Very dry; lacking moisture.
29. Dry Lacking moisture; often warm-feeling.
30. Ember-hot Glowing with intense heat.
31. Enflamed Set alight; burning.
32. Enkindled Ignited; made to burn.
33. Feverish Uncomfortably warm; like a fever.
34. Fiery Like fire; intensely warm.
35. Flaming Burning with visible flames.
36. Flaring Suddenly burning brighter; hotter.
37. Flush Warm with redness; heated.
38. Frying Very hot; like a pan.
39. Furnace-like Extremely hot; like a furnace.
40. Gleaming Shining as if heated.
41. Glowing Radiating heat or light.
42. Hazy Warm air causing reduced clarity.
43. Heat-struck Overheated; affected by heat.
44. Heated Made warm; warmed up.
45. Heatsome Uncomfortably warm; heat-producing.
46. Heaty Causing warmth; overly warm.
47. Heavy Oppressively warm and humid.
48. Humid Moist air; feels warmer.
49. Incandescent Glowing with heat; white-hot.
50. Infernal Extremely hot; hellish.
51. Inflamed Red and hot; irritated.
52. Insolated Heated by sun exposure.
53. Intense Very strong; extreme in degree.
54. Irradiated Warmed by radiant energy.
55. Lukewarm Slightly warm; not very.
56. Melting So hot things soften or liquefy.
57. Muggy Warm and humid; oppressive.
58. Nippy Chilly; not warm.
59. Oppressive Uncomfortably heavy and warm.
60. Ovenlike Extremely warm, like an oven.
61. Overheated Too hot; beyond safe level.
62. Parched Very dry and overheated.
63. Parching Drying and very warm.
64. Peachy Pleasantly warm; agreeable.
65. Piping Very warm; steaming.
66. Piquant Spicy; pleasantly sharp.
67. Red-hot Heated until glowing red.
68. Roasting Extremely hot; sweltering.
69. Saharan Desert-like; extremely dry and warm.
70. Scalding So hot it can burn skin.
71. Scorching Very hot; burning.
72. Seared Burned on the surface by heat.
73. Searing Intensely hot; burning.
74. Sizzling Hot enough to hiss or fry.
75. Smoldering Burning slowly; giving off heat.
76. Stifling Oppressively hot; hard to breathe.
77. Sultry Hot and humid; sensuous warmth.
78. Sun-baked Heated and dried by sun.
79. Sun-drenched Full of sunlight; very warm.
80. Sunlit Lit by sun; often warm.
81. Sunstroked Overheated from sun exposure.
82. Sweaty Causing perspiration; very warm.
83. Sweltering Unbearably hot and humid.
84. Tepid Slightly warm; lukewarm.
85. Thermal Relating to heat; warm.
86. Tinder-dry Extremely dry; ready to burn.
87. Toasty Comfortably warm; pleasantly heated.
88. Torrid Very hot and dry.
89. Tropical Warm, humid, and lush.
90. Tropical-grade Very warm; like the tropics.
91. Tropical-warm Warm like a tropical climate.
92. Warm Moderately high temperature.
93. Warmed-through Heated all the way inside.
94. Warmed-up Made warmer; heated.
95. Warming Becoming warmer; heating up.
96. Warmish Somewhat warm; mildly so.
97. White-hot Extremely hot; glowing white.
98. Wicked warm Very warm; intensely so.
99. Windswept Exposed to wind; often cooler.
100. Withering Drying up from intense heat.
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