torridity
Extreme dry heat
Torridity is the quality of being torrid—intensely hot and dry, or passionately ardent.
The word appears in descriptions of climate the torridity of the desert summer or, less commonly, of emotional intensity the torridity of their affair.
A formal, somewhat literary term.
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- sizzlingHissing from heat
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- broilingExtremely hot, or oven-top cooking
burning · roasting · searing · sunbaked · oppressive · stifling · sultry · suffocating
Prolonged water scarcity
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- parchednessSevere lack of moisture
- barrennessInability to bear fruit
dustiness · desertification · cracked earth · evaporation · waterlessness · parched · baked · dried
Intense emotional warmth
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- desireIntense wanting
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- smolderingBurning slowly, no flame
burning love · inflamed · heated · feverish · impassioned · lustful · amorous · consuming
sweltering
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- sizzlingHissing from heat
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
broiling · burning · roasting · searing · sunbaked · oppressive · stifling · sultry · suffocating · blazing
drought
Prolonged water scarcity
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- parchednessSevere lack of moisture
barrenness · dustiness · desertification · cracked earth · evaporation · waterlessness · parched · baked · dried · withered
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
burning love · smoldering · inflamed · heated · feverish · impassioned · lustful · amorous · consuming · white-hot
torridityfrigidity
Extreme coldness or aloofness
coldness · iciness · chill · frostiness · gelidity
torridityfrigidity
Extreme coldness or aloofness
polar climate · temperate climate · dampness · moistness · humidity