parched
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4.7
- adjective
- /pɑrtʃt/
- The plants struggled to survive in the parched soil after weeks without rain.
- parched desert
- parched landscape
- parched and dry
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Watch on YouTubeYou've lost interest, you're dying of thirst, you're as parched as you could possibly be.
- You've lost interest, you're dying of thirst, you're as parched as you could possibly be.
- So what you'll notice at the moment is that my face is dry parched like sand.
- The land is parched, Escher like, and it's perspectival shifts or the rain beats down.
- He talks about some people being phlegmatic and overcharged with moisture, others being parched and dried up.
- Your skin is parched, it's dry or it just needs a little bit of TLC, which mine often times does.
- So supposedly I am meant to, you know, the, the parched deserts, which I call my eyebrows.
- I'm just parched for that rich liquid taste of what's probably the inside of a car battery.
Examples
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Gamay sat down, took a sip, and let the cool, sweet liquid flow down her parched throat.
Fiction book (1999) -
I escaped into the desert where the cowboys found me, wandering parched and thirsty across the barren waste.
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In this image, water is delivered to a parched community.
Academic text (2011) -
Sometimes I see a parched road stretching ahead of me, forever.
Fiction book (2002) -
My throat is as parched as the porch out there.
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The land looked parched, poor, yet it had been under cultivation for thousands of years.
Fiction book (2001) -
These plants cling to life in a parched, nutrient-poor landscape.
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The media highlights the parched lands, dry riverbeds, springs, and falling groundwater tables across the world daily.
Academic text (2008) -
Though the stricken woman had not prayed in more than thirty years, her parched lips moved silently.
Fiction book (1993) -
You've lost interest, you're dying of thirst, you're as parched as you could possibly be.
Synonyms
73
1.0
Something that is no longer wet because its water has gone away
19
4.0
Very dry land or weather with little rain that cannot grow plants
18
4.6
Burned and dried by strong heat such as fire or hot sun
12
2.8
Completely dry because it has no water left
11
3.5
No longer holds water and is very dry, like a riverbed or plant
8
1.0
Dried by strong sun or heat until hard and cracked
6
7.2
Completely dried so it has no water left
5
3.6
Food with most water removed so it lasts longer
3
3.4
A place with no water that is very dry like a desert
2
1.3
Land or plants that need water because they are dry
1
4.8
Dried and hard from strong sunlight
1
4.3
Not given water and so dry
1
9.9
Dried and darkened by strong sun
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Parched comes from the simple verb parch, which means 'to dry by heat'. So when land or lips are parched, they are baked and very dry from strong sun or heat.