torridness
Blistering hot condition
Torridness is the quality of being torrid—intensely hot, scorching, or parched.
The word applies to climate and weather: the torridness of the Sahara in July.
It extends to passionate or ardent behavior: the torridness of their affair shocked everyone.
The noun form is less common than the adjective torrid.
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- broilingExtremely hot, or oven-top cooking
- searingBrowning with intense heat
sultry · oppressiveness · stifling · suffocating · blazing · burning · roasting · boiling
Intense emotional warmth
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- desireIntense wanting
- eroticismSexual desire's aesthetic quality
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
fervor · steamy · smoldering · heated · inflamed · feverish · rapturous · consuming
Prolonged water scarcity
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- barrennessInability to bear fruit
- dustinessBeing covered in particles
dehydration · waterlessness · cracked · withered · scorched · sun-bleached · arid · bone-dry
sweltering
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- broilingExtremely hot, or oven-top cooking
searing · sultry · oppressiveness · stifling · suffocating · blazing · burning · roasting · boiling · sizzling
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
sensuality · fervor · steamy · smoldering · heated · inflamed · feverish · rapturous · consuming · fiery
drought
Prolonged water scarcity
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- barrennessInability to bear fruit
dustiness · dehydration · waterlessness · cracked · withered · scorched · sun-bleached · arid · bone-dry · evaporation
torridnessfrigidity
Extreme coldness or aloofness
coldness · iciness · chilliness · frostiness · coolness
torridnessfrigidity
Extreme coldness or aloofness
coldness · passionlessness · indifference · aloofness · coolness