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[ taw-ren-shuhl, toh-, tuh- ] / tɔˈrɛn ʃəl, toʊ-, tə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR torrential ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepertaining to or having the nature of a torrent. resembling a torrent in rapidity or violence. falling in torrents: torrential rains. produced by the action of a torrent. violent, vehement, or impassioned. overwhelming; extraordinarily copious. Origin of torrentialFirst recorded in 1840–50; torrent + -ial OTHER WORDS FROM torrentialtor·ren·tial·ly, adverbWords nearby torrentialTorrence, Torrens, Torrens system, Torrens title, torrent, torrential, Torreón, Torres Bodet, Torres Strait, Torre's syndrome, Torrey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for torrentialBut the jokes flow at such a torrential pace that duds are soon forgotten; the best are even Spamalot-worthy. ‘Galavant’: A Drunken, Horny Musical Fairy Tale|Melissa Leon|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Sheets of torrential rains pouring down over the Land Rover sent its four wheels plunging into the mud. The Original Ebola Hunter|Abby Haglage|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Recent turnout has been massive, with over 150,000 people gathering for the ceremony even when there were torrential downpours. The Tiananmen Square Museum That’s Shocking China’s Tourists|Brendon Hong|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST I spent today in the Johannesburg Stadium, among 70,000 people who attended despite the torrential rain. Rowdy Crowds At Mandela’s Memorial|Mark Gevisser|December 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
After a long spell of torrential rain, there's been catastrophic flooding this month in the northern hill state of Uttarakhand. The Pointlessness of Some Disaster Charity After the Indian Floods|Dilip D’Souza|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST The utter chaos was aggravated by the rain which pelted down with torrential fury. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons|Henry Charles Mahoney His clothes hung on him as though he had been caught in a torrential rain. The Pirates of Shan|Harold Leland Goodwin Many of them in this area are violent and are accompanied by high local winds and torrential downpours. Area Handbook for Albania|Eugene K. Keefe Torrential rains caused a series of landslips, carrying away houses and breaking up the hill railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 5|Various The campaign had progressed with torrential bitterness to its inevitable culmination. The Tempering|Charles Neville Buck
British Dictionary definitions for torrential
adjectiveof or relating to a torrent pouring or flowing fast, violently, or heavilytorrential rain abundant, overwhelming, or irrepressibletorrential abuse Derived forms of torrentialtorrentially, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to torrentialteeming, abounding, swarming, copious, exuberant, superabundant, cornucopian, inundant, inundatory, scaturient |