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Adjective: torrid (torrider,torridest)  tó-rid or to-rid
  1. Characterized by intense emotion
    "a torrid love affair"
    - ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid
     
  2. Emotionally charged and vigorously energetic
    "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms"
     
  3. Extremely hot
    "the torrid noonday sun"

Derived forms: torrider, torridest

See also: hot, passionate, torridity

Encyclopedia: Torrid