Meaning & use
ultrahot
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Meanings
adjectivenot comparableinformal
Extremely hot; much hotter than usual.
Grammar: Not used with 'more' or 'most'; it already means 'extremely hot.'
Patterns
- ultrahot weather
- ultrahot sauce
- ultrahot temperature
The chili sauce is ultrahot, so use only a few drops.
We stayed inside during the ultrahot afternoon.
The pan gets ultrahot in just a few seconds.
adjectivenot comparableinformal
Extremely spicy, causing a burning sensation in the mouth.
Grammar: Describes food; not used with 'more' or 'most.'
Patterns
- ultrahot peppers
- ultrahot wings
- ultrahot flavor
These ultrahot peppers are not for beginners.
He ordered ultrahot chicken wings and regretted it later.
The restaurant is famous for its ultrahot curry.
Common combinations
- ultrahot weather
- The ultrahot weather made it hard to sleep.
- ultrahot sauce
- She added a spoonful of ultrahot sauce to the soup.
- ultrahot peppers
- He grows ultrahot peppers in his garden.
Synonyms and how they differ
- scorching
- Scorching means very hot, often describing weather; ultrahot is more extreme and informal.
- blazing
- Blazing suggests intense heat or fire; ultrahot is a general intensifier for extreme heat.
Opposites
Word family
- ultra prefix
- A prefix meaning 'extremely' or 'beyond,' as in ultramodern or ultrahot.
Commonly confused: ultrahot or ultraviolet?
ultrahot vs ultraviolet
Ultraviolet refers to a type of light radiation, not to temperature or spiciness.
Practice
The chef warned that the chili was ______, so we only tried a tiny bit.
Choose one answer.
Ultrahot means extremely hot or spicy, which fits the context of chili. 'Ultracold' is the opposite. 'Ultraviolet' is a type of light. 'Ultrahotter' is not a correct form because ultrahot is not comparable.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “ultrahot”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.