Definitions for torrid
ˈtɔr ɪd, ˈtɒr-tor·rid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torridadjective

   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"

2. torridadjective

   emotionally charged and vigorously energetic

   "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms"

3. torridadjective

   extremely hot

   "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. torridadjective

   Very hot and dry.

2. torridadjective

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

3. torridadjective

   Full of difficulty.

4. Etymology: From torridus, from torrere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Torridadjective

   Etymology: torride, Fr. torridus, Lat.

   1. Parched; dried with heat.

   Galen’s commentators mention a twofold dryness; the one concomitated with a heat, which they call a torrid tabes; the other with a coldness, when the parts are consumed through extinction of their native heat. Gideon Harvey, on Consump.

   2. Burning; violently hot.

   This with torrid heat,
   And vapours as the Libyan air adust,
   Began to parch that temperate clime. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   3. It is particularly applied to the regions or zone between the tropicks.

   Columbus first
   Found a temp’rate in a torrid zone;
   The fev’rish air fann’d by a cooling breeze. Dryden.

   Those who amidst the torrid regions live,
   May they not gales unknown to us receive?
   See daily show’rs rejoice the thirsty earth,
   And bless the flow’ry buds succeeding birth. Matthew Prior.

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1. torrid

   Torrid is an adjective used to describe something extremely hot, dry or characterized by intense heat, often relating to weather or climate. It can also refer to a situation or condition full of difficulty or tribulation. Additionally, it can describe a passionate or intense emotion, relationship, or situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Torridadjective

   parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert

2. Torridadjective

   violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Torrid

   Torrid is an American retail chain owned by Hot Topic. The store offers plus-size clothing and accessories for women and teenage girls sizes 12 - 26. Torrid began operations in April 2001. The first location opened in the Brea Mall in Brea, California. Torrid currently has over 170 stores in operation across 36 states in the United States of America.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of torrid in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of torrid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of torrid in a Sentence

1. Lorne Baring:

   The possibility that China is stabilising is reassuring markets after a torrid couple of months at the beginning of the year.

2. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

   Love is the hand that props up your heart when age's torrid heat has long battled along side it.

3. Kevin Van Trump:

   The Chinese continue to book U.S. soybean cargos at a torrid pace.

4. David Paleologos:

   Senator Amy Klobuchar is setting a torrid pace for Democrats in Minnesota, senator Amy Klobuchar popularity may impact other Democrats on the ballot, who can benefit from her' Klobuchar Coattails.'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=torrid
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Torrid
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=torrid
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torrid
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=torrid
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=torrid