ARID
Dictionary entry overview: What does arid mean? • ARID (adjective)
The adjective ARID has 2 senses:
1. lacking sufficient water or rainfall
2. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
Familiarity information: ARID used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARID (adjective)
Meaning:
Lacking sufficient water or rainfall
Synonyms:
arid; waterless
Context examples:
an arid climate / a waterless well / miles of waterless country to cross
Similar:
dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)
Meaning:
Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
Synonyms:
desiccate; arid; desiccated
Context examples:
a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata / a desiccate romance / a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
Similar:
dull (lacking in liveliness or animation)
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