parching
The word “parching” has 2 syllables: parch-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈpɑːr.tʃɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for parching?
In the thesaurus, “parching” has 67 synonyms and 49 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for parching along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for parching
- air-drying
- ardent
- arid
- austral
- baking
- blazing
- blistering
- boiling
- broiling
- burning
- calescent
- close
- decalescent
- dehumidifying
- dehydrating
- desiccating
- draining
- dried
- dry
- drying
- evaporating
- febrific
- febrile
- fevered
- feverish
- feverous
- fiery
- flaming
- heated
- hectic
- humid
- igneous
- incandescent
- like an oven
- mummifying
- on fire
- ovenlike
- parched
- piping
- recalescent
- red
- red-hot
- roasting
- scalding
- scorched
- scorching
- searing
- shriveling
- shrivelling
- sizzling
- smoking
- steaming
- stifling
- stuffy
- sultry
- summery
- sweltering
- sweltry
- thermogenic
- torrid
- tropic
- tropical
- very warm
- warm
- white
- withering
- wizening
Antonyms for parching
- arctic
- bathing
- calm
- cold
- cool
- damp
- dampening
- damping
- deluging
- dipping
- dousing
- dowsing
- drenching
- drowning
- dry
- dunking
- flooding
- freezing
- frigid
- happy
- humidifying
- hydrating
- indifferent
- inundating
- mild
- moderate
- moist
- moistening
- old
- old-fashioned
- out
- overflowing
- rehydrating
- saturating
- soaking
- sopping
- sousing
- submerging
- swamping
- turned off
- unfeeling
- unfriendly
- unpopular
- unsensual
- washing
- watering
- waterlogging
- wet
- wetting
Meanings of parching
- verb
- To burn the surface of, to scorch.
- To roast, as dry grain.
- To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
- To make thirsty.
- To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
- To become superficially burnt; be become sunburned.
- noun
- The process of parching or roasting something, such as corn.
- The condition of being parched; absolute dryness.
- adjective
- Capable of causing something to parch.
- (of thirst) Extreme.
Example Sentences
- The intense heat was parching the land, leaving it barren.
- The desert wind was parching their throats as they walked.
- The scorching sun kept parching the crops, making them wilt.
- He drank water quickly after parching his throat in the sun.
- The drought has been parching the fields for months.
On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to parching, such as: air-drying, arctic, ardent, arid, austral, baking, bathing.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
igneous
- ablaze
- abyssal
- afire
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- agitable
- alight
- ardent
- baking
- blazing
- blistering
- boiling
- broiling
- burning
- calescent
- canicular
- choleric
- cimmerian
- close
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- enthusiastic
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- febrific
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- humid
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- incandescent
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- inflamed
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- irascible
- irritable
- like an oven
- liquefied
- madcap
- molten
- muggy
- on fire
- ovenlike
- overheated
- parching
- peppery
- perfervid
- piping
- piping hot
- precipitate
- recalescent
- red
- red-hot
- reheated
- roasting
- scalding
- scorching
- searing
- seething
- sizzling
- smelted
- smoking
- snug
- spirited
- steaming
- steamy
- stuffy
- sultry
- summerlike
- summery
- superheated
- sweltering
- sweltry
- thermogenic
- toasty
- torrid
- tropic
- tropical
- ultrahot
- unrestrained
- vehement
- very warm
- violent
- warm
- warmed
- warmish
- white
- white-hot
warming
- abating
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- amusing
- analeptic
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- calming
- canicular
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- coddling
- comforting
- consolatory
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- curing
- delighting
- diverting
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- encouraging
- enflamed
- entertaining
- equatorial
- exciting
- feasting
- fervent
- fervid
- feverish
- fiery
- firing
- flushed
- freeing
- galvanizing
- gassing
- gladdening
- gladding
- glowing
- gratifying
- grilling
- health-giving
- heart-warming
- heated
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- hot
- humoring
- igneous
- indulging
- inflamed
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- invigorating
- lightening
- lukewarm
- melting
- mitigating
- mollifying
- mollycoddling
- molten
- muggy
- overheated
- overheating
- pacifying
- palliative
- pampering
- parching
- piping hot
- placating
- pleasing
- pleasuring
- quenching
- reassuring
- red-hot
- refreshing
- reheated
- reheating
- rejoicing
- relaxing
- relieving
- remedying
- restoring
- revitalizing
- revivifying
- rewarming
- roasting
- satiating
- sating
- satisfying
- scalding
- scorching
- searing
- seething
- sizzling
- snug
- softening
- solacing
- soothing
- spoiling
- steaming
- steamy
- succoring
- suiting
- sultry
- summery
- superheating
- sustaining
- sweltering
- tepid
- thawing
- thrilling
- tickling
- titillating
- toasting
- toasty
- torrid
- tranquilizing
- treating
- tropical
- ultrahot
- upholding
- warm
- warmed
- white-hot