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US
/ˈtɔɹəd/
]
[ UK /tˈɒɹɪd/ ]
[ UK /tˈɒɹɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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emotionally charged and vigorously energetic
hot trumpets and torrid rhythms
a torrid dance
torrid jazz bands -
extremely hot and dry
the torrid heat of the noonday sun -
characterized by intense emotion
an ardent lover
a torrid love affair
ardent love
a fervent admirer
fiery oratory
an impassioned appeal
a fervent desire to change society
How To Use torrid In A Sentence
- It's worth keeping in mind that household mortgage credit expanded at an 11.4% rate during the second quarter, a torrid pace likely being surpassed with the current refi boom.
- The general thrust of these stories was that of some handsome, dashing and very young aviator who had a Parisian girlfriend, and between the two there is a torrid love interest.
- What people most long for in ogling the screen is to witness some torrid lascivious scene: the incentives to gaze are supremely lubricious.
- That leaves the contentious matter of change, which breeds such torrid objections. Times, Sunday Times
- If your summers veer towards the torrid, a soft coat low e with a lower SHGC may be a more sensible strategy.
- An added incentive, if any, is the air-conditioning environment of the computer institutes offering the much-needed respite from the torrid summer.
- torrid jazz bands
- In all, it was a torrid day for Spanish cycling. Times, Sunday Times
- That was the beginning of a short but torrid affair with hybrid bearded irises. A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden
- The dramatists also tend to get the office politics wrong, creating tensions and torrid love affairs between pathologists and police where there are none.