Hot
Hot adjective - Of a seeker; very near to the object sought.
Usage example: you are hot
Nearby Word: hotly
Nigh
Nigh adjective - Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
Both words in one sentence
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Hot Blade: One of the bosses uses a Steampunk version (a Nigh Invulnerable, Humongous Mecha), but this is technically a fantasy setting.
Source: Video Game / Chrono Cross - It still wipes out a perfectly good, conquerable colony, but it just does so but turning the environment into nigh-unterraformable hot slag, which makes recovering the planet far less practical than in the previous game.
- Take Our Word for It: Justin and Lindsay's incredibly hot dance in the talent show is described only in general terms, as are Heather's nigh-pornographic embellishments when reading Gwen's diary to the world.
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Nigh or Hot. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hot/nigh.
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