Singeing

During Christmas, the likelihood of kitchen-related burns, such as scalding oneself with gravy or getting burned while removing the turkey from the oven, increases, as does the risk of singeing eyebrows when serving a flaming Christmas pudding.

Not everything on the menu is spicy, but you'll have to order carefully if you want to avoid singeing your tongue.

Ravish on NDTV India juxtaposed the BJP’s stand on fuel prices while in opposition and now in government — Sushma Swaraj’s searing comments in Parliament singeing the then Finance Minister — and found that they are diametrically opposite.

While the economy is singeing the flesh like a hot iron, insecurity is the people’s companion, served in an a la carte of impunity.