Definition of torrid Torrid
/tɔˈɹʌd/ - [torud] - tor•rid
We found 10 definitions of torrid from 5 different sources.
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What does torrid mean?
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Adjectivetorrid, torridder, torriddest |
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| torrid - extremely hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" | ||
| hot marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market" | ||
| torrid - emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms" | ||
| torrid - characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" | ||
| ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid | ||
| passionate having or expressing strong emotions | ||
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Wiktionary 
- torrid (Adjective)
Very hot and dry. - torrid (Adjective)
Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate. - torrid (Adjective)
Full of difficulty.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- torrid (a.)
Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert. - torrid (a.)
Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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torrid
tor′id, adj. burning or parching: violently hot: dried with heat.—ns. Torrid′ity, Torr′idness.—Torrid zone, the broad belt round the earth betwixt the tropics, on either side of the equator. [L. torridus—torrēre, to burn.]
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