Synonyms for singe
sɪndʒsinge

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1. singeverb

   Synonyms:
   scorch

2. singeverb

   To burn slightly.

   Synonyms:
   scorch

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. singe

   To burn is to subject to the action of fire, or of intense heat so as to effect either partial change or complete combustion; as, to burn wood in the fire; to burn one's hand on a hot stove; the sun burns the face. One brands with a hot iron, but cauterizes with some corrosive substance, as silver nitrate. Cremate is now used specifically for consuming a dead body by intense heat. To incinerate is to reduce to ashes; the sense differs little from that of cremate, but it is in less popular use. To kindle is to set on fire, as if with a candle; ignite is the more learned and scientific word for the same thing, extending even to the heating of metals to a state of incandescence without burning. To scorch and to singe are superficial, and to char usually so. Both kindle and burn have an extensive figurative use; as, to kindle strife; to burn with wrath, love, devotion, curiosity. Compare LIGHT.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, brand, burn, cauterize, char, consume, cremate, flame, flash, ignite, incinerate, kindle, scorch, set fire to, set on fire

   Antonyms:
   cool, extinguish, put out, smother, stifle, subdue

   Preposition:
   To burn in the fire, burn with fire; burn to the ground, burn to ashes; burn through the skin, or the roof; burn into the soil, etc.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. scorch, singeverb

   a surface burn

   Synonyms:
   scorch

2. singe, swingeverb

   burn superficially or lightly

   "I singed my eyebrows"

   Synonyms:
   swinge, sear, scorch

3. scorch, sear, singeverb

   become superficially burned

   "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

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

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. singeverb

   Synonyms:
   scorch, burn (slightly)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. singeverb

   Synonyms:
   sweal, swale, scorch

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