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Meanings of torrid in English

Characterized by intense emotion.

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Usage of torrid in English
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South Africa have had a torrid time on their tour to India.
The South African
2
After such a torrid week, Unsworth cannot now be expecting a call.
Reuters
3
In South Carolina early April is torrid, flies and mosquitoes are rampant.
The Woman Who Toils / Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen a...
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Luckily the excellent concert more than made up for the torrid journey.
The Irish Times
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But it was a curious, torrid peace, like the hush before thunder.
Gone to Earth
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Only Giulio Romano burned with a torrid sensual splendour all his own.
The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
7
Louisiana is once again in the crosshairs after a torrid storm season.
The Guardian
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The desert flamed again, dry, lifeless, torrid beneath a sky of turquoise.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
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Meanwhile, British citizens in Moscow can expect a torrid few days and months.
The Guardian
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It has been a torrid period for those responsible for Britain's national security.
The Guardian
11
The sidas and the melochias have singularly active properties in the torrid zone.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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Bath simply refused to be buffetted at the end of a torrid week.
The Irish Times
13
Johnson continued a torrid month with a point in his 12th consecutive game.
Reuters
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A torrid year for Tesco was no better for its ailing Irish outpost.
The Irish Times
15
From its fore end drooped in the torrid air the flag of Mexico.
Heart of the West
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The 'torrid affair' is revisited in the new series of Netflix's The Crown.
News.com.au
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
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