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   torrid

   /ˈtɒrɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. very hot and dry: "the torrid heat of the afternoon" Similar hotswelteringsultryscorchingboilingparchingsizzlingroastingblazingburningblisteringtropicalstiflingsuffocatingoppressivedryaridbarrenparchedwaterlessdesertOpposite coldcoolwet
   • ▪ full of passion arising from sexual love: "a torrid love affair" Similar passionateimpassionedardentintenseinflamedferventfervidlustfulamorouseroticsexyinformal:steamysizzlinghotOpposite passionlessunemotional
   • 2. full of difficulty: British "he'd been given a pretty torrid time by the nation's voters"
   • 3. (especially in financial contexts) characterized by intense activity; hard to contain or stop: North American "the world's most torrid economies"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French torride or Latin torridus, from torrere ‘parch, scorch’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. torridity noun
   • 2. torridly adverb

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