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Definitions for Torrid

[1] subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area: the torrid sands of the Sahara.
[2] oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air.
[3] ardent; passionate: a torrid love story.
[4] so hot and dry as to parch or scorch
[5] arid or parched
[6] highly charged emotionally a torrid love scene

Words related to Torrid

blistering, red-hot, scorching, arid, sizzling, sweltering, blazing, stifling, parched, sultry, hot, steamy, white-hot, boiling, broiling, burning, dried, dry, fiery, heated

Words nearby Torrid

torreón, torricelli, torricelli's law, torricellian tube, torricellian vacuum, torrid, torrid zone, torrify, torrijos herrera, torrington, torsade

Origin of Torrid

1580–90; < Latin torridus dried up, parched, equivalent to torr(ēre ) to parch, burn (see torrent, thirst) + -idus -id4

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

Word origin for Torrid

C16: from Latin torridus, from torrēre to scorch

Synonyms for Torrid

arid, blazing, blistering, parched, red-hot, scorching, sizzling, stifling, sultry, sweltering, austral, boiling, broiling, burning, dried, dry, fiery, heated, parching, scalding, scorched, tropic, tropical