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- pronunciation:
- ae
rihd
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
extremely dry or parched, esp. as land which has received little or no rainfall.
Survival is a challenge in the arid desert.- synonyms:
- dry, parched, thirsty
- antonyms:
- wet
- similar words:
- dehydrated, desert, desiccated, sere, torrid, waterless, withered
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| definition 2: |
lacking imagination or feeling; uninteresting.
The book's topic was of interest, but the writer's arid prose put her to sleep.- synonyms:
- barren, bland, dull, insipid, jejune, sterile, unimaginative, uninteresting, vapid
- antonyms:
- vibrant
- similar words:
- boring, dry, flat, humdrum, lifeless, matter-of-fact, monotonous, prosaic, prosy, tedious
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| related words: |
barren, dreary, dry, stark, waste |
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| derivations: |
aridly (adv.), aridity (n.), aridness (n.) |
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