Meaning

4 senses
  1. Very hot and dry.

    паля́щийpaljáščij

    extremely hot and dry

  2. Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.

    a torrid love scene in a film or novel

    горя́чийgorjáčij, стра́стныйstrástnyj, пы́лкийpýlkij

  3. (UK)Full of difficulty.

  4. (US)[of a streak, form, etc.] Good; impressive; hot.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom had a torrid affair with a coworker.

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  2. Yanni had a torrid affair with his mistress.

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  3. Tom decided to put the whole torrid affair down to experience.

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  4. Tom and Mary had been carrying on a torrid affair for years.

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  5. The rain had cleared the torrid air, making it fresh and pleasant.

    deDer Regen hatte die heiße, staubige Luft gereinigt, sie frisch und angenehm gemacht.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
very hot and dry:
full of intense emotions...:

Origin

From Latin torridus, from torreō (“parch, scorch”).

From Latin torridus, from torreō (“parch, scorch”).

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Forms

torrider, torridest
Comparativetorrider Lesson
Superlativetorridest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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