torrid   (Sound)

The adj torrid has 3 senses

• ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid -- (characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair")


• torrid -- (emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid rhythms")


• torrid -- (extremely hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert")