torrid
adjective
[ ˈtɒrɪd ]
• very hot and dry.
• "the torrid heat of the afternoon"
Similar:
hot,
sweltering,
sultry,
scorching,
boiling,
parching,
sizzling,
roasting,
blazing,
burning,
blistering,
tropical,
stifling,
suffocating,
oppressive,
dry,
arid,
barren,
parched,
waterless,
desert,
• full of difficulty.
• "he'd been given a pretty torrid time by the nation's voters"
• (especially in financial contexts) characterized by intense activity; hard to contain or stop.
• "the world's most torrid economies"
Origin:
late 16th century: from French torride or Latin torridus, from torrere ‘parch, scorch’.
