singed

American

[sinjd] / sɪndʒd /

adjective

slightly or superficially burned; scorched.

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

verb

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

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He pointed out the singed books the blast had catapulted into the street.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

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

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

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

Meanhile, his skin was singed by embers, and ashes covered his hair as the fire continued to advance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025

An unlit oil lamp hung on the wall beside the door, the patch of will behind it was singed soot black.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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