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outpouring, spate, inundation, flow, overflow, tide, cascade:
In minutes the brook became a rushing torrent. They assailed us
with a torrent of abuse.
torrential
adj. rushing, streaming, copious, profuse, teeming, relentless,
violent; fierce, vehement, vociferous, ferocious: The
torrential monsoons inundated the land. I had never heard such a
torrential outpouring of oaths.
torrid adj. 1 hot, fiery, sultry, stifling, sweltering, broiling,
sizzling, roasting, blazing, burning, baking, cooking, boiling,
blistering, blistery, scorching, scorched, parched, parching,
arid; humid, steamy, steaming, muggy; tropical: It seemed
impossible that any creature could survive in such a torrid
climate. 2 fervent, fervid, passionate, intense, ardent,
inflamed, impassioned, lustful, amorous, erotic, Colloq sexy,
hot: The film was noted for its torrid love scenes.
tortuous adj. 1 twisted, twisting, winding, wandering, serpentine,
turning, crooked, sinuous, bent, curled, curling, curved, curvy,
curvilinear, flexuous, anfractuous, convoluted, involuted,
zigzag, maze-like, mazy, labyrinthine: They followed a tortuous
trail through the jungle. 2 roundabout, indirect, devious,
intricate, involved, unstraightforward, complicated, ambiguous,
ambagious, circuitous, warped, crooked, tricky, misleading,
deceptive: We could not help being intrigued by the tortuous
Machiavellianism of the scheme.
toss v. 1 throw, cast, lob, pitch, fling, hurl, heave, shy, launch,
send, let fly, propel, catapult, sling, bowl, Colloq chuck: The
goalkeeper tossed the ball into the middle of the field. 2
shake, jerk, stir up, agitate, fling: Lucy disdainfully tossed
her head. 3 shake (up), stir (up), agitate, jiggle, tumble,
joggle; wave, lash, thrash: Don't you put the dressing on
before you toss the salad? The branches of the huge oak were
being tossed about in the storm. 4 writhe, wriggle, squirm, toss
and turn, thrash: I tossed all night, unable to get a moment's
sleep. 5 pitch, yaw, wallow, roll, lurch, undulate, plunge:
Our little boat was tossed this way and that in the heavy seas.
--n. 6 throw, lob, pitch, heave, shy: His toss went wild and
the ball rolled over the cliff.