Definitions for: Torrid


[adj] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert"
[adj] emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms"
[adj] characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"



Webster (1913) Definition: Tor"rid, a. [L. torridus, fr. torrere to parch, to
burn, akin to E. Thist: cf. F. torride. See Thirst.]
1. Parched; dried with heat; as, a torrid plain or desert.
``Barca or Cyrene's torrid soil.'' --Milton.

2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning;
parching. ``Torrid heat.'' --Milton.

Torrid zone (Geog.), 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.

Synonyms: ardent, burning(a), fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, sultry

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