parching

Meaning of parching

adjective
  1. causing dryness through intense heat.
    a fierce parching heat has set in
    months of parching sun
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. make or become dry through intense heat.
    a piece of grassland parched by the sun
    his crops parched during the last two summers

late Middle English: of unknown origin.

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Hyphenation of parching

parch-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • parching is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

parching synonyms

Meaning extremely hot or intense:

searing

Meaning very hot:

scorching, sizzling

Meaning (of heat) intense:

blistering

Meaning burning fiercely and emitting flames:

flaming

Meaning on fire:

burning

Meaning consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly:

fiery

Meaning very hot and dry:

torrid

Meaning intended to make someone feel humiliated; scornful:

withering

Meaning at or near boiling point:

boiling

Meaning the action of cooking something in an oven or over an open fire:

roasting

Meaning uncomfortably hot:

sweltering

Words that rhyme with parching

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