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Word entry · 6 letters

torrid

Best crossword clue

"Scorching"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɒɹɪd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted diorrtStarts with TEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. extremely hot and dry

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • a torrid love scene in a film or novel
  • It was left to the famed Greek philosopher, Plato, writing some two hundred years later, to bring out the torrid details of these kinky islanders.
  • Tomás O'Leary had a torrid time behind the forwards, fumbling on the floor, hesitant with his kicks.

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