white-hot
adjective
Origin of white-hot
Related Words for white-hot
radiant, luminous, shining, red-hot, blazing, hot, steamy, sultry, scorching, flaming, searing, glowing, gleaming, fiery, burning, sentimental, rousing, intense, fierce, heatedExamples from the Web for white-hot
Contemporary Examples of white-hot
Or maybe, just maybe, he will zing the president on a white-hot issue dominating every waking moment for, um, some voters.
But publicly, it chose to say little, hoping to maintain a neutral position in a white-hot international scandal.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s New York Hotel Disputes Allegations of ConspiracyJohn Solomon
November 27, 2011
Over the past few decades, the study of telomeres has risen to become a white-hot area of very legitimate scientific research.
Over the past few decades, research into telomeres has become a "white-hot area of science," says Singer.
She tattooed her wrist with the letter E (for Edouard) by pressing a piece of white-hot metal there.
Historical Examples of white-hot
Macdonald strode to the forge and took out the bar of white-hot iron.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
Grant it but a chink or keyhole, and it shot in like a white-hot arrow.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
Blake started up the hillside, his pale eyes like white-hot steel.
Out of the DepthsRobert Ames Bennet
We may raise the temperature, say, of iron, until it is white-hot.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4)J. Arthur Thomson
Instantly a white-hot excitement flared from end to end of the car.
The OctopusFrank Norris