torrid
Hot and steamy
Torrid means intensely hot, either literally or figuratively.
A torrid climate is scorching and dry.
More commonly, torrid describes passionate intensity: a torrid love affair, a torrid romance.
In sports, a torrid streak or torrid pace suggests exceptional, heated performance: The team went on a torrid run through the playoffs.
Extremely hot, burning
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- broilingExtremely hot, or oven-top cooking
blazing · burning · fiery · parching · roasting · incandescent · sizzling · heatwave
Full of desire
- lustfulFeeling strong sexual desire
- eroticSexually stimulating
- sensualOf bodily pleasure
- steamyHot, moist, or erotic
smoldering · intense · feverish · heated · burning · desire · infatuation · longing
Intensely and sincerely felt
- zealousPassionately eager and active
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
intense · passionate · burning · devoted · eager · wholehearted · fanatical
Extremely dry or thirsty
- aridDevoid of water
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- barrenUnable to produce
cracked · dusty · withered · sere · dehydrated · sun-baked · rainless · bone-dry
Pleasurably stimulating, often sensually
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- risquéBordering on improper
- scandalousMorally offensive or shocking
explicit · salacious · lurid · spicy · indecent · bawdy · sensational · tabloid
scorching
Extremely hot, burning
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
broiling · blazing · burning · fiery · parching · roasting · incandescent · sizzling · heatwave · sunstroke
amorous
Full of desire
steamy · smoldering · intense · feverish · heated · burning · desire · infatuation · longing · yearning
fervent
Intensely and sincerely felt
- zealousPassionately eager and active
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
fiery · intense · passionate · burning · devoted · eager · wholehearted · fanatical
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
- aridDevoid of water
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
barren · cracked · dusty · withered · sere · dehydrated · sun-baked · rainless · bone-dry · shriveled
titillating
Pleasurably stimulating, often sensually
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- risquéBordering on improper
scandalous · explicit · salacious · lurid · spicy · indecent · bawdy · sensational · tabloid · bodice-ripper
Sahara
Largest hot desert
dunes · oasis · mirage · sirocco · haboob · camel · caravan · aridity · solitude · sunbaked
- seductionseduction, seductive, allure, beguilement, enticement
- extreme heatblazing, blistering, boiling, burning, broiling
- extreme temperaturesfreezing, boiling, scorching, frigid, subzero
- heatheat transfer, thermal energy, heatwave, radiation, convection
- tabloidsNational Enquirer, TMZ, Daily Mail, People, Globe
- tropicalrainforest, jungle, palm, palm trees, heat
torridpassionless
Without strong emotion
frigid · cold · indifferent · dispassionate · unfeeling
- torrential downpour
- torrential rainExtremely heavy precipitation
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