- 1full of strong emotions, especially connected with sex and love synonym passionate a torrid love affair
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- 2(formal) (of a climate or country) very hot or dry a torrid summer
torrid
adjectiveNAmE//ˈtɔrəd//, NAmE//ˈtɑrəd//
[usually before noun]Check pronunciation: torrid