roastingadjective
uk/ˈrəʊ.stɪŋ/us/ˈroʊ.stɪŋ/also roasting hotvery hot:
It was a roasting summer day.
I'm roasting!
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Hot & heat
- beat
- boil
- boiling
- burning
- closeness
- dog days
- fug
- heat
- heating
- heatwave
- mirage
- overheat
- red-hot
- sizzling
- steaming
- stifling
- stuffy
- sweltering
- thermo-
- torrid
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roastingnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈrəʊ.stɪŋ/us/ˈroʊ.stɪŋ/informalthe act of criticizing someone in an angry way:
I got a roasting from Mum for being back late.
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Talking angrily
- berate
- bite
- bite sb's head off idiom
- bite/snap sb's head off idiom
- diatribe
- edge
- head
- hit
- jump
- jump down sb's throat idiom
- piece
- rant
- rave
- snap sb's head off idiom
- snarl
- spit sth out
- tear 1
- tear into sb/sth
- tut
- upbraid
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