scorch | (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, char, sear |
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(verb) make very hot and dry | Synonyms: sear |
(verb) become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions | - |
(verb) destroy completely by or as if by fire | - |
(verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: sear, singe |
(verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: blister, scald, whip |
score | (verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: grade, mark |
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(verb) make underscoring marks | Synonyms: mark |
(verb) gain points in a game | Synonyms: rack up, tally |
(verb) get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance | - |
(verb) make small marks into the surface of | Synonyms: mark, nock |
(verb) induce to have sex | Synonyms: make, seduce |
(verb) write a musical score for | - |
scorn | (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, spurn, turn down |
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(verb) look down on with disdain | Synonyms: contemn, despise, disdain |