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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Hall wants to do with the chimneys what Hill did by framing those singed pieces of music — to create a work of art born from disaster that symbolizes the will to carry on.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

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

Several were grimy with soot from the fire, and one man had a large part of his beard singed away.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Related Words

• charred
• scorched