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parching

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Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!

"A dust-storm, probably," replied the colonel, as the weather had been dry and parching hot for several weeks past.

They found new streams; the parching valleys began to sprinkle with green; they saw once more fields and trees and vineyards.

A third was parching some corn found in a thrown-away feed box, and congratulating themselves upon the lucky find.

Fear not the hardships of the road—the storm, the parching heat or winter's cold, hunger or thirst or ambushed foe!

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On this page you'll find 345 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to parching, such as: blazing, boiling, heated, humid, red, and scorching.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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