3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Torrid \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. [1913 Webster] 2. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching. "Torrid heat." --Milton. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: torrid adj 1: 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" [syn: {ardent}, {burning(a)}, {fervent}, {fervid}, {fiery}, {impassioned}, {perfervid}] 2: emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms" 3: burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" [syn: {sultry}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 65 Moby Thesaurus words for "torrid": amorous, ardent, arid, baking, blazing, blistering, blistery, boiling, broiling, burning, burning hot, canicular, cooking, ebullient, erotic, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, flushed, grilling, heated, hot, hot as fire, hot as hell, hot-blooded, humid, impassioned, inflamed, intense, like a furnace, like an oven, lustful, muggy, overheated, overwarm, parched, parching, passionate, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorched, scorching, searing, seething, sexy, simmering, sizzling, sizzling hot, smoking hot, steaming, steamy, stifling, sudorific, sultry, sweating, sweaty, sweltering, sweltry, toasting, tropical, white-hot
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