Torrid

Word TORRID
Character 6
Hyphenation tor rid
Pronunciations /ˈtɒɹɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Torrid"

What do we mean by torrid?

Parched with the heat of the sun; intensely hot. adjective

Scorching; burning. adjective

Passionate; ardent. adjective

Hurried; rapid. adjective

Parched and dry with heat, especially of the sun; arid; sultry; hot; specifically, noting a zone of the earth's surface.

Burning; scorching; parching.

Parched; dried with heat. adjective

Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. adjective

That space or board belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great. adjective

Very hot and dry. adjective

Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate. adjective

Full of difficulty. adjective

Extremely hot adjective

Emotionally charged and vigorously energetic adjective

Characterized by intense emotion adjective

Very hot and dry.

Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.

Full of difficulty.

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The word "torrid" in example sentences

It seems, however, from the facts before us that the different zones on the sun, corresponding to what we call the torrid and temperate zones on the earth, persist in rotating with velocities which gradually decrease from the equator towards the poles. ❋ Unknown (1876)

Each game will probably be like Thursday, the two in torrid conflict, until one team finally cracks. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Richard Burton, is a living proof that intense work, mental and physical, sojourn in torrid and frozen climes, danger from dagger and from pestilence, 'age' a person of good sound constitution far less than may be supposed .... ❋ William Henry Burton Wilkins (1897)

Orwell composed that novel of aching remembrance in torrid Morocco, so I make no apology for saying that McEwan put me in mind, twice, of John Keats as he gazed on the work of ancient Attica: “Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness/Thou foster-child of silence and slow time.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

The district attorney who defended the Texas law criminalizing homosexuality before the US Supreme Court is desperately trying to keep his job following the discovery of e-mails containing sexually explicit videos, racist jokes and what is described as torrid love notes to his executive secretary. ❋ Will (2008)

The equatorial region of the earth, otherwise known as the torrid clime, was considered impassable by ship. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)

I had carried Nat forth into the glade before the hut, where the sun might fall on him temperately, after a torrid day -- torrid, that is to say, on the heights, but in our hollow, pight about with the trees, the air had clung heavily. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

The central region, lying beneath the track of the sun, was termed the torrid zone; the two regions between the tropics and the polar circles were termed the temperate zones, and the remaining parts, between the porlar circles and the poles, the frigid zones. ❋ Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 (1892)

It's the company's biggest income producing purchase since 2008, according to Scotia Capital. also announced a new batch of acquisitions worth $242-million, continuing what analyst Mario Saric describes as a "torrid acquisition pace." ❋ TIM KILADZE (2011)

The Prince fondly recalled his torrid time with ants while a boarder in the country. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"I expect it to be what we euphemistically refer to as a torrid game." ❋ Unknown (2008)

The whole farface of the earth is divided into five % »nes: The iirfl is contained between the two tropicks, and is called the torrid % 9ne. ❋ Unknown (1768)

So how in the world did I have a 'torrid' (which is an accurate word) many-year affair? ❋ Unknown (2010)

-- I am fed up with reports of a celebrity's "torrid" affair. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As I mentioned previously in this comment, the main ring leader is an older man, so maybe he just really wished my friend and I were having some kind of torrid affair. ❋ Microbiologist Xx (2008)

I think it might be more fun to skim books for the clothing descriptions than for the 'torrid' scenes! ❋ Unknown (2008)

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