Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parched

/pɑɹt͡ʃt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: parched
IPA: /pɑɹt͡ʃt/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

verb

simple past and past participle of parch

Example Sentences

"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."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɑɹt͡ʃt/
British English: /pɑːtʃt/

Inflected Forms

more parched (comparative) most parched (superlative)

Derived Forms

parchedly parchedness unparched

Phrases

parched up

Synonyms

adust baked scorched sunbaked

Rhymes With

marched arched starched

Questions

How do you pronounce parched?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɑɹt͡ʃt/.
What does parched mean?: Dry.

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