Antonyms for sear
sɪərsear

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1. • Burn
   • Cookery
   • Dry
   • Heat

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1. dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, witheredverb

   (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

   "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

   Antonyms:
   wet

   Synonyms:
   wizen, shrunken, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, wizened, withered, dried-up

2. sear, scorchverb

   make very hot and dry

   "The heat scorched the countryside"

   Antonyms:
   wet

   Synonyms:
   singe, parch, char, blacken, scorch

3. scorch, sear, singeverb

   become superficially burned

   "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

   Antonyms:
   wet

   Synonyms:
   singe, parch, char, blacken, scorch, swinge

4. char, blacken, sear, scorchverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   wet

   Synonyms:
   scorch, melanize, blacken, singe, nigrify, parch, melanise, coal, black, char

5. parch, searverb

   cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat

   "The sun parched the earth"

   Antonyms:
   wet

   Synonyms:
   singe, parch, char, blacken, scorch

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1. searadjective

   Synonyms:
   dry, withered, dead, sere

2. searverb

   Synonyms:
   cauterize, scorch

How to use sear in a sentence?

1. Ted Lee:

   Grilling is all about getting that quick sear with high temperatures.

2. Alice James:

   Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral discords and nervous horrors sear the soul.

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