Splintery and Searing

Splintery

Splintery adjective - Resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points.

Searing and splintery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Searing" instead an adjective "Splintery".

Nearby Words: splinter, splintered, splintering

Searing

Searing adjective - Having a notably high temperature.

Splintery and searing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Splintery" instead an adjective "Searing".

Nearby Words: sear, seared
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