red-hot

red-hot
adj
1. burning, scorching, blistering, sizzling; white-hot; molten.
2. fiery, hot, hot-blooded, impassioned, heated, inflamed, feverish, febrile, flushed; passionate, vehement, fervid, fervent, zealous, intense, ardent; fanatic, perfervid, totally committed, hard-core; excited, anxious, agog, all agog, all hopped-up, Sl. psyched or psyched-up; enthusiastic, eager, avid, keen, Sl. gung-ho.
3. mad, Inf. raving mad, Inf. stark-raving mad, rabid, foaming or frothing at the mouth; raging, raving, frenzied, frenetic, frantic, wild-eyed, blue in the face; furious, violent, wild, infuriate, ferocious, maniacal, Inf. hog-wild; hysterical, distracted, carried-away, beside oneself, like one possessed; berserk, amuck, running amuck.
4. brand-new, newest, latest, most-recent, up-to-the-minute; hot off the presses.

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