scalding

adj

1. Hot enough to burn.
2. (figuratively)Scorching; scathing.

   “a scalding attack on his critics”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of scald

noun

1. An instance of scalding: a burn.
2. (historical)Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.