scalding

Hot enough to scald the skin.

Causing a burning sensation like that of hot liquid on the skin.

Emotionally painful or traumatic.

Harshly critical or denunciatory; scathing.

The act or process of burning with hot liquid or with steam.

plural Things scalded or boiled, especially while still scalding hot.

Hot enough to burn.

Present participle of scald.

An instance of scalding; a burn.