seared
/sɪrd/
adjective
- (of food) cooked quickly with high heat to brown the surface, locking in flavor.
- Seared tuna is delicious when the inside stays pink and tender.
- She made seared scallops as an appetizer for the dinner party.
- The chef served a perfectly seared steak with roasted vegetables.
- Burned or scorched on the surface.
- The seared edges of the paper curled up from the flame.
- His hands were seared from touching the hot metal.
- The seared grass showed where the campfire had been.
- Emotionally or mentally marked in a lasting way, as if burned.
- He had a seared sense of betrayal that never fully healed.
- The memory of that day was seared into her mind forever.
- The seared image of the accident stayed with him for years.
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