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1. (adj.) torrid
subject to parching or burning heat, esp. of the sun, as a geographical area.
2. torrid
oppressively hot, parching, or burning, as climate, weather, or air.
3. torrid
ardent; passionate:
a torrid love story.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L torridus dried up, parched =torr(ēre) to parch, burn +-idus -id4)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, 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"
2. (adj) torrid
emotionally charged and vigorously energetic
"a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms"
3. (adj) torrid
extremely hot
"the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) torrid
parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert
2. (adj) torrid
violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching
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Sense: very hot
the torrid zone (= the area of the world on either side of the equator).
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 Afrikaans: baie warm |
 Arabic: شَديد الحَرارَه |
 Bulgarian: жарък |
 Brazilian: tórrido |
 Czech: vyprahlý |
 German: heiß |
 Danish: hed |
 Greek: τροπικός, πολύ ζεστός |
 Spanish: tórrido |
 Estonian: kõrvetavalt palav |
 Farsi: بسیار گرم و خشک |
 Finnish: paahtava |
 French: tor- ride |
 Hebrew: לוֹהֵט |
 Hindi: बहुत गरम |
 Croatian: tropski, vrući |
 Hungarian: forró (égövi) |
 Indonesian: panas |
 Icelandic: brennheitur; hitabeltis- |
 Italian: torrido |
 Japanese: 焼けつくような |
 Korean: 태는 듯이 뜨거운 |
 Lithuanian: karštas, kaitrus |
 Latvian: tropu josla |
 Malay: terik |
 Dutch: tropisch |
 Norwegian: stekende het, glovarm |
 Polish: upalny |
 Persian: بسیار گرم و خشک |
 Pashto: ټكند، تود، ډېر تود، سوځوو |
 Portuguese: tórrido |
 Romanian: torid |
 Russian: тропический |
 Slovak: vyprahnutý |
 Slovenian: vroč (pas) |
 Serbian: žarki |
 Swedish: torr, förtorkad, solstekt |
 Thai: ที่ร้อนจนทำให้แห้งเกรียมไ |
 Turkish: kızgın |
 Taiwanese: 炎熱的 |
 Ukrainian: тропічний; пекучий, спеко |
 Urdu: بہت گرم |
 Vietnamese: rất nóng |
 Chinese: 极热的，热带的 |
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