Burned by the water, got inflamed (6)
I believe the answer is:
seared
'burned' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the water got inflamed' is the wordplay.
'the water' becomes 'sea' (sea is a kind of water**).
'got' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'inflamed' becomes 'red' ('red' can be a synonym of 'inflamed').
'sea'+'red'='SEARED'
'by' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for seared that I've seen before include "dried up" , "burned" , "Scorched on the surface (6).[BO]" , "Scorched, singed" .)