parched

Meaning of parched

adjective
  1. dried out with heat.
    the parched earth
verb, past tense
  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 parched

parched

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • parched is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

parched synonyms

Meaning adust:

adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked

Meaning free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist:

dry

Meaning (of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation:

arid

Meaning having had all moisture removed; dried out:

desiccated

Meaning having lost a large amount of water from the body:

dehydrated

Meaning (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood:

burned

Meaning (of food) fried quickly at a high temperature so as to retain its juices in subsequent cooking:

seared

Meaning (of a plant) dry and shrivelled:

withered

Meaning wrinkled and shrunken, especially as a result of loss of moisture or old age:

shrivelled

Meaning (especially of vegetation) dry or withered:

sere

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

parched antonyms

Meaning covered or saturated with water or another liquid:

wet

Meaning extremely wet; wet through:

soaking

Words that rhyme with parched

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