TORRIDITY Synonyms

• the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas

• cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

• passionately or agitatedly

• the act of burning something

• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

• execution by electricity

• execution by fire

• a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

• of immediate import

• a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

• a state of nervous excitement

• characterized by intense emotion

• like or suggestive of fire

• passionate or quick-tempered

• a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

• the presence of heat

• the sensation caused by heat energy

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

• a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

• utility to warm a building

• make hot or hotter

• provide with heat

• arouse or excite feelings and passions

• gain heat or get hot

• the presence of heat

• a state of sexual arousal

• a hot spiciness

• capable of causing burns

• hot and dry enough to burn or parch a surface

• hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound

• characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement

• oppressively hot and humid weather

• the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire

• excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness

• the sensation caused by heat energy

• a warmhearted feeling

• the quality of having a moderate degree of heat

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love