What is the meaning of ' SCORCHING ' ? Share with your friends Share 0 Reuben answered this very hot 1 View Full Answer Bibhu Kalyan Sahoo answered this Scorching is both adjective and adverb. If you use it before an adjective like hot it means you're using it as an adverb, which means very or extremely. As an adverb it means very hot. So it's not considered as redundant info. 2