parched English

Meaning parched meaning

What does parched mean?

parched

— adjective (= adust, baked, scorched, sunbaked) dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight a vast desert all adust land lying baked in the heat parched soil the earth was scorched and bare sunbaked salt flats

— adjective toasted or roasted slightly parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet

Synonyms parched synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as parched?

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dry

scorched

thirsty

withered

dried

roasted

dried-out

arid

toasted

sunbaked

fried

burnt

bone-dry

baked

adust

wizen

uninteresting

sun-burnt

straight

sear

insipid

impatient

heated

feverish

dull

dry up

dried-up

dessicated

desiccation

desiccated

desiccate

dehydrated

charred

caked

burned

brut

bone dry

barren

athirst

adry

Topics parched topics

What do people use parched to talk about?

Universe, creation Sky Weather

Drought

• What words describe the ground when there is no rain?
  dry parched cracked dusty

Universe, creation Water Wet

Dry

• What words describe something that is dry?
  dry (adj) dry as a bone bone-dry arid waterless parched dehydrated desiccated dried evaporated sere withered

Daily life Food Eat

Hungry, thirsty

• What words refer to being thirsty?
  thirsty thirst dying of thirst parched