Definition of torrid
1a : parched with heat especially of the sun : hot torrid sandsb : giving off intense heat : scorching
2 : ardent, passionate torrid love letters
torridness
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Examples of torrid in a Sentence
The team had a torrid time trying to score.
the dry, torrid summers in southern Arizona
Recent Examples of torrid from the Web
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Yet the release of trailers of that scene, and a few others depicting the torrid affair that follows, was enough to ignite a firestorm in Russia’s culture wars.
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After making the leap from Low-A to Double-A, Mullins opened the season on a torrid pace, hitting .367/.406/.683 with 10 extra-base hits (five doubles, one triple, four homers) and 11 RBIs in 60 at-bats.
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Vanderbilt's Will Toffey has been torrid since missing five games in May because of a shoulder injury.
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But for a team that has begun to stall after a torrid start to the season, the Yankees relished a rare night in a cozy American League East ballpark filled with few fraught moments.
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Hernandez also said pitchers have shown him more respect since his torrid start this year.
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By the 1990s, the economy is growing at a torrid pace, with the entire coast of China convulsed with business activity and boomtowns sprouting all over the place.
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What Do Torrid and Toast Have in Common?
Torrid derives from the Latin verb torrēre, which means "to burn" or "to parch" and is an ancestor of our word toast. Despite the dry implications of this root, it is also an ancestor of "torrent," which can refer to a violent stream of liquid (as in "a torrent of rain"). "Torrid" first appeared in English in the 16th century, and was originally used to describe something burned or scorched by exposure to the sun. The term "torrid zone" later came about to refer to tropical regions of the Earth. By the end of that century the word had taken on the extended meaning that we know today - suggesting fiery passion.
Origin and Etymology of torrid
Latin torridus, from torrēre
First Known Use: 1545
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: very hot and usually dry
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: showing or expressing very strong feelings especially of sexual or romantic desire
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: very difficult, uncomfortable, or unpleasant
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: very hot and usually dry
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