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torrid
[ tawr-id, tor- ]
torrid
/ ˈtɒrɪd /
adjective
- so hot and dry as to parch or scorch
- arid or parched
- highly charged emotionally
a torrid love scene
torrid
/ tôr′ĭd /
- Parched with the heat of the sun.
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Derived Forms
- torˈridity, noun
- ˈtorridly, adverb
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Other Words From
- tor·ridi·ty torrid·ness noun
- torrid·ly adverb
- hyper·torrid adjective
- hyper·torrid·ly adverb
- hyper·torrid·ness noun
- un·torrid adjective
- un·torrid·ly adverb
- un·torrid·ness noun
- untor·ridi·ty noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of torrid1
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Example Sentences
It also came as a reinvigorated Microsoft began a streak of torrid growth.
The torrid temperature might cause the asteroid to shoot particles into space.
Rather, he insists it will help guide the company, which how has 19,000 employees and 506 stores, as it continues its torrid trajectory—and motivate both staff and customers.
The company had some stumbles with security and privacy issues early on as it dealt with the torrid pace of growth, but it seems to have found its footing now.
Their torrid start to the season has pushed them past the besmirched Houston Astros in the American League West standings and in our prediction model.
It is tasked with mitigating environmental destruction brought on by three and a half decades of torrid growth.
They look at each other meaningfully—and repair to the boiler room for some torrid sex.
The pace of fourth quarter growth is nowhere near as torrid – about 2.3 percent according to Macroeconomic Advisers.
Basil, cucumber, mangoes, the cooing of turtledoves on torrid afternoons, the screech of buses coming to a sudden halt.
Michelle Cottle on the ballad of Johnny and Rielle—and the lessons we can all learn from their torrid affair.
We there meet with the fruits of the torrid zone, and near them the apple and the peach of Europe.
The reddish, stony and parched ground, radiated the torrid heat of the sun that was westerning behind the hills.
The drizzling winter had given place to a glorious early summer, and the days increased in heat until they became torrid.
It was summer time when I first went there, under brilliant sunshine and in torrid heat.
"Of course, a girl like Pauline always wants to dance, no matter how torrid the night," explained Chester.
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