parched en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pɑɹt͡ʃt/ (General-American)
- /pɑːtʃt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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Dry.
Played acoustically, glacially paced and sung in Kristofferson’s parched, age-weathered voice, even his more lighthearted songs – Jesus Was a Capricorn, Best Of All Possible Worlds – were leant an eerie gravitas, while Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down sounded heartbreakingly careworn and poignant.
2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched. I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit.
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VII, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 171:
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Very thirsty.
I'm quite parched.
2020 December 25, Chris Van Dusen, “Diamond of the First Water”, in Bridgerton, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Daphne Bridgerton:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most parched | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more parched | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
parched up · parchedness · unparched · parchedly
Translations (40)
la āridus (dry) · fa خشک (dry) · ga spalptha (dry) · pt sedento (thirsty) · es reseco (dry) · ru пересо́хший (dry) · nl droog (dry) · fr sec (dry) · eo sekigita (dry) · mr कोरडा (dry) · grc ἀζαλέος (dry) · es hidrópico (thirsty) · ota قورو (dry) · de ausgedörrt (dry) · cmn 燥 (dry) · mi raki (dry) · id kering (dry) · es sediente (disused) (thirsty) · ru жа́ждущий (thirsty) · mi tūpākākā (dry) · txb aslyamaṣṣe (dry) · it assetato (thirsty) · pt ressequido (dry) · it prosciugato (dry) · fr desséché (dry) · ca assedegat (thirsty) · sv uttorkad (dry) · es sitibundo (thirsty) · ru пересо́хший (thirsty) · fi janoinen (thirsty) · de ausgetrocknet (dry) · nl dorstig (thirsty) · grc καρφαλέος (dry) · fi kuiva (dry) · es sediento (thirsty) · fr assoiffé (thirsty) · ca ressec (dry) · it seccato (dry) · ru опалённый (dry) · ru вы́жженный (dry)