singed

American  

[sinjd] / sɪndʒd /

adjective

1. slightly or superficially burned; scorched.

   He suffered some singed whiskers from all the heat and smoke, but otherwise was miraculously unharmed.

2. (of a carcass) subjected to flame in order to remove hair, bristles, feathers, etc..

   Using a knife, the butcher scrubbed the crust off the singed carcass of a pig.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of singe.

Other Word Forms

• unsinged adjective

Etymology

Origin of singed

singe ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Visually epic, sonically relentless and otherwise fatuous, the film has a dramatic inertia occasionally punctuated by eruptions of utter catastrophe—a series of shocks that leaves you singed, shaken and not much better for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Where the aged tree’s limbs once exploded into violet, singed branches crisscrossed in colorless sterility like an unfinished painting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

But also reweave our singed civic fabric, the places of daily life that make a vast city meaningful and manageable: businesses, public parks, houses of worship, schools, libraries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

The hot New Mexican sun singed his exposed skin.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Related Words

• charred
• scorched