boiled

Cooked in very hot water that is bubbling.

• I ate a boiled egg.
• Serve the fish with boiled potatoes.
• Do you prefer boiled vegetables or roasted ones?

Opposites: raw

Common phrases: boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, boiled vegetables

Heated until bubbles form and rise through the liquid.

• Use boiled water for this drink.
• Let the boiled milk cool before serving it.
• The nurse washed the equipment in freshly boiled water.

Common phrases: freshly boiled water, boiled milk, cooled boiled water

Very angry.

• He was really boiled about it.
• She got boiled when they laughed at her.
• The coach looked boiled after the referee’s decision.

Similar words: angry, furious

Opposites: calm

Common phrases: get boiled, really boiled, boiled about something

Having drunk so much alcohol that you cannot think or behave normally.

• He came home completely boiled.
• They got boiled at the party.
• She was too boiled to remember the journey home.

Similar words: drunk, intoxicated

Opposites: sober

Common phrases: get boiled, completely boiled, rather boiled