torrid
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˈtɔrɪd/
- NSFW
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apasionado
- Their lovemaking was torrid, as if all the rage and power of the storm had possessed them both.
- torrid affair
- torrid love
- torrid romance
And they immediately began A torrid affair that lasted for four months.
- And they immediately began A torrid affair that lasted for four months.
- Yeah, I fall in love deeply, passionately, in torrid love with everything that I built.
- The tale of two outcasts and star crossed lovers caught in the throes of a torrid solar flare of a romance featuring time out.
Examples
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Ted and tami-Lynn continued their torrid love affair for quite some time.
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They began a torrid romance that was full of passion and excitement.
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And they immediately began A torrid affair that lasted for four months.
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She had a torrid affair with a Hollywood movie star.
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Their affair was torrid, shameless, and indiscreet.
Fiction book (2002) -
That you're rejecting me, your lover, after a brief but torrid affair?!
Fiction book (1993) -
It didn't occur to Greta... to call the marriage off because she was having a torrid affair.
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Theirs was a love of passion, a torrid sensual lust fueled by those who said no!
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Sarah had a better sense of humor, listened more attentively, and although she was engaged in a most torrid love affair, took time to inquire after my problems now and then.
Fiction book (1999) -
After a late night of partying, alluring beauties Jenna J. Ross and Karlie Montana entwine themselves in a torrid love affair in the wee hours of the morning.
Blog text (22)
Synonyms
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3.5
Full of strong, often angry feelings
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6.3
Feeling very strong excitement or love for something
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5.8
Being full of strong feelings that show in words or actions
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6.1
Showing very strong and true feelings, often for a person or cause
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8.4
Full of strong, stormy feelings, often with loud arguments
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8.4
Being very strong and excited about something
Showing strong emotion, often in a dramatic or poetic way
Showing very strong and passionate feeling
Antonyms
Compounds
A very hot area of the Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
How Passionate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Torrid comes from the Latin word torrere, which means 'to burn', and from torridus meaning 'burning', so a 'torrid' romance is like a flame that 'burns' with strong passion. That is why the word now describes very intense romantic or sexual feeling.