Synonyms of parching

parching

verb

present participle of parch

as in drying

to make dry

the heat has really parched my throat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drying
• scorching
• baking
• desiccating
• searing
• dehydrating
• draining
• evaporating
• dehumidifying
• shriveling
• withering
• air-drying
• mummifying
• wizening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wetting
• watering
• washing
• flooding
• soaking
• drenching
• drowning
• saturating
• overflowing
• bathing
• moistening
• dousing
• sopping
• inundating
• hydrating
• dampening
• damping
• deluging
• waterlogging
• sousing
• dipping
• humidifying
• submerging
• swamping
• dunking
• rehydrating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of parching

So, for ease of use and to avoid parching your skin, Queen recommends looking for one product — typically a lotion or cream — that delivers both retinol and hydrating ingredients, like glycerin, hyaluronic, ceramides or shea butter. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 26 Oct. 2026

Many of them, like Tubbs, were refugee Midwesterners, sick of parching droughts and devouring plagues of locusts, the insects descending in buzzing clouds thick enough to blacken the noonday sun. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Alegria also sees wild rice production growing using the traditional Indigenous methods of drying, parching, dancing and winnowing at rice camps in northern Wisconsin. — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 4 Dec. 2025

Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado’s rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the massive wildfires proliferating across the region. — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025