scorched

Other forms of scorched

comparative

scorchedder·

superlative

scorcheddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scorched

What does scorched mean?

scorched means "dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scorched?

scorched has 1 syllable: scorched. In IPA it is /ˈskɔɹtʃt/.

What is another word for scorched?

Close synonyms include adust, baked, parched, sunbaked. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scorched a common word?

scorched is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.