What does parched mean?
Parched means Dry..
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/pɑɹt͡ʃt/ · adjective
Dry..
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.
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.
I'm quite parched.
Use parched when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Parched means Dry..
Common synonyms include scorched, dry, cooked, adust.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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