adj
Meaning 1
Very hot and dry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
torrid
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɒɹɪd/
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General-American: /ˈtɔɹɪd/
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New-York-City, Philadelphia: /ˈtɑɹɪd/
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rhymes with -ɒɹɪd
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adj
Meaning 2
Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a torrid love scene in a film or novel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Full of difficulty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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adj
Meaning 4
[of a streak, form, etc.] Good; impressive; hot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
extremely hot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the torrid noonday sun
- sultry sands of the dessert
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
emotionally charged and vigorously energetic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a torrid dance
- torrid jazz bands
- hot trumpets and torrid rhythms
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
characterized by intense emotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ardent love
- an ardent lover
- a fervent desire to change society
- a fervent admirer
- fiery oratory
- an impassioned appeal
- a torrid love affair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti Proto-Italic *torzeō Latin torreō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin torridus English torrid From Latin torridus, from torreō (“parch, scorch”).
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: жарък (žarǎk) — very hot and dry
- Catalan: tòrrid — very hot and dry
- Esperanto: varmega — very hot and dry
- Finnish: polttava — very hot and dry
- Finnish: paahtava — very hot and dry
- Finnish: tulinen — very hot and dry
- French: torride — very hot and dry
- Georgian: პაპანაქება (ṗaṗanakeba) — very hot and dry
- Hungarian: perzselő — very hot and dry
- Hungarian: tűző — very hot and dry
- Italian: torrido — very hot and dry
- Latin: torridus — very hot and dry
- Māori: tūmārōhoehoe — very hot and dry
- Portuguese: tórrido — very hot and dry
- Russian: паля́щий (paljáščij) — very hot and dry
- Spanish: tórrido — very hot and dry
- Tagalog: maalingiing — very hot and dry
- Welsh: crasboeth — very hot and dry
- Bulgarian: горещ (gorešt) — full of intense emotions...
- Finnish: palava — full of intense emotions...
- Finnish: intohimoinen — full of intense emotions...
- Finnish: kiihkeä — full of intense emotions...
- French: torride — full of intense emotions...
- Greek: αισθησιακός (aisthisiakós) — full of intense emotions...
- Hungarian: perzselő — full of intense emotions...
- Hungarian: forró — full of intense emotions...
- Portuguese: tórrido — full of intense emotions...
- Russian: горя́чий (gorjáčij) — full of intense emotions...
- Russian: стра́стный (strástnyj) — full of intense emotions...
- Russian: пы́лкий (pýlkij) — full of intense emotions...
- Spanish: tórrido — full of intense emotions...