torrid
subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area: the torrid sands of the Sahara.
oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air.
ardent; passionate: a torrid love story.
Origin of torrid
1Other words for torrid
Opposites for torrid
Other words from torrid
- tor·rid·i·ty, tor·rid·ness, noun
- tor·rid·ly, adverb
- hy·per·tor·rid, adjective
- hy·per·tor·rid·ly, adverb
- hy·per·tor·rid·ness, noun
- un·tor·rid, adjective
- un·tor·rid·ly, adverb
- un·tor·rid·ness, noun
- un·tor·rid·i·ty, noun
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How to use torrid in a sentence
Apoplexy was the swift and sure fate of those who dared the awful torridity.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamAs if to compensate for the maddening torridity of July and August, the biting tail of a snowstorm lashed bleakly over Adamsville.
Mountain | Clement WoodThe silence of the desert was complete as though torridity had overwhelmed every other aspect of nature.
The Forbidden Trail | Honor Willsie
British Dictionary definitions for torrid
/ (ˈtɒrɪd) /
so hot and dry as to parch or scorch
arid or parched
highly charged emotionally: a torrid love scene
Origin of torrid
1Derived forms of torrid
- torridity or torridness, noun
- torridly, adverb
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Scientific definitions for torrid
[ tôr′ĭd ]
Parched with the heat of the sun.
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