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Arid

Arid Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Arid? [adj] lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [adj] lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Arid: desiccate \| desiccated \| dry \| dull \| waterless Related Terms \| Find terms related to Arid: academic \| acarpous \| anhydrous \| athirst \| barren \| blah \| blank \| bloodless \| bone-dry \| bookish \| boring \| bromidic \| celibate \| characterless \| childless \| cold \| colorless \| dead \| desert \| desolate \| dismal \| drab \| draggy \| drained \| drearisome \| dreary \| dried-up \| droughty \| dry \| dry as dust \| dryasdust \| dull \| dusty \| earthbound \| effete \| elephantine \| empty \| etiolated \| exhausted \| fade \| fallow \| flat \| fruitless \| gaunt \| gelded \| heavy \| high and dry \| ho-hum \| hollow \| humdrum \| impotent \| inane \| ineffectual \| inexcitable \| infecund \| infertile \| insipid \| issueless \| jejune \| juiceless \| lackluster \| leached \| leaden \| lifeless \| like parchment \| literal \| low-spirited \| menopausal \| moistureless \| monotonous \| mundane \| nonfertile \| nonproducing \| nonproductive \| nonprolific \| pale \| pallid \| pedantic \| pedestrian \| plodding \| pointless \| poky \| ponderous \| prosaic \| prosing \| prosy \| Saharan \| sandy \| sapless \| sere \| sine prole \| slow \| solemn \| spiritless \| staid \| sterile \| stiff \| stodgy \| stolid \| stuffy \| sucked dry \| superficial \| tasteless \| tedious \| teemless \| thirsting \| thirsty \| unanimated \| uncultivated \| undamped \| unfanciful \| unfertile \| unfruitful \| unideal \| unimaginative \| uninspired \| uninteresting \| uninventive \| unlively \| unoriginal \| unplowed \| unpoetic \| unproductive \| unprolific \| unromantic \| unromanticized \| unsown \| untilled \| unwatered \| vapid \| virgin \| waste \| wasted \| waterless \| weariful \| wearisome \| without issue \| wooden See Also \| Arid In Webster's Dictionary \Ar"id\, a. [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.] Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. ``An arid waste.'' --Thomson.

Arid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Arid?

[adj] lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo
[adj] lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"

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Arid In Webster's Dictionary

\Ar"id\, a. [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.]
Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. ``An
arid waste.'' --Thomson.

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