Meanings
adjectivetorrential (comparative more torrential, superlative most torrential)
comparative more torrential · superlative most torrential
- Coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.
torrential rain
2 more examples
There was a torrential downpour and we were all soaked.
On the Saturday, October 1, the torrential rains began to wreak damage east of Exeter.
1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The railways and the Devon floods”, in Trains Illustrated, page 709
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveresembling a torrent in force and abundance
Similar
adjectivepouring in abundance
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian пороен, проливен
- пороен (poroen)coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- проливен (proliven)coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Catalan torrencial
- torrencialcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Finnish rankka, raivoisa
- rankkacoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- raivoisacoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- vuolascoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
French diluvien, torrentiel
- diluviencoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- torrentielcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
German sintflutartig, sturzflutartig
- sintflutartigcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- sturzflutartigcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- wolkenbruchartigcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Greek καταρρακτώδης
- καταρρακτώδης (katarraktódis)coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Icelandic straumharður, fossandi
- straumharðurcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- fossandicoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- helli-coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- flaumurcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Irish folcmhar
- folcmharcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Italian torrenziale
- torrenzialecoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Māori makerewhatu, tā whakarere
- makerewhatucoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- tā whakarerecoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Portuguese torrencial
- torrencialcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Russian проливно́й
- проливно́й (prolivnój)coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Spanish diluviano, torrencial
- diluvianocoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- torrencialcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Swedish strömmande, forsande
- strömmandecoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- forsandecoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
- störtandecoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Tagalog lirit
- liritcoming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities
Cite this entry
APA
torrential. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torrential
MLA
“torrential.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torrential. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torrential,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torrential.
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