arid

ar·id

 (ăr′ĭd)

adj.

1. Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants: an arid climate.

2. Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull: a technically perfect but arid musical performance.

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[Latin āridus, from ārēre, to be dry; see as- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·rid′i·ty (ə-rĭd′ĭ-tē), ar′id·ness n.

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arid

(ˈærɪd)

adj

1. having little or no rain; dry; parched with heat

2. devoid of interest

[C17: from Latin āridus, from ārēre to be dry]

aridity, ˈaridness n

ˈaridly adv

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ar•id

(ˈær ɪd)

adj.

1. extremely dry; parched: arid land.

2. barren or unproductive due to lack of moisture: arid farmland.

3. lacking vitality or imagination; sterile.

[1645–55; (< French) < Latin āridus=ār(ēre) to be dry + -idus -id⁴; compare ash¹]

a•rid•i•ty (əˈrɪd ɪ ti) ar′id•ness, n.

ar′id•ly, adv.

syn: See dry.

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ar·id

(ăr′ĭd)

Very dry, especially having less rainfall than is needed to support most trees or woody plants: an arid climate; an arid region.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	arid - lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross" waterless dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
	2.	arid - 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 desiccate, desiccated dull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

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arid

adjective

1. dry, desert, dried up, barren, sterile, torrid, parched, waterless, moistureless the arid zones of the country
dry rich, fertile, lush, fruitful, verdant

2. boring, dull, tedious, dreary, dry, tiresome, lifeless, colourless, uninteresting, flat, uninspired, vapid, spiritless, jejune, as dry as dust She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.
boring interesting, spirited, exciting, stimulating, sexy (informal), lively, vivacious

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arid

adjective

1. Having little or no liquid or moisture:

anhydrous, bone-dry, dry, moistureless, sere, waterless.

2. Having little or no precipitation:

droughty, dry, rainless, thirsty.

3. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise:

aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired.

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Translations

قاحِل، جاف، مُجْدِب

suchývyprahlý

tørufrugtbar

trockenwasserarm

áridoseco

aride

skrælnaîur, òurr

aridoasciuttosecco

išdžiūvęsmenkasmenkumassausassausringumas

izkaltissauss

nedbørsfattigtørr

árido

çorakkurak

干旱的贫瘠的

arid

[ˈærɪd] ADJ (lit, fig) → árido

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arid

[ˈærɪd] adj [region, land, area, desert, climate] → aride

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arid

adj (lit) countryside, soil → dürr; climate → trocken, arid (spec); (fig) subject → trocken, nüchtern; existence → freudlos, öd

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arid

[ˈærɪd] adj → arido/a (fig) → piatto/a

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arid

(ˈӕrid) adjective

dry. The soil is rather arid. droog قاحِل، جاف، مُجْدِب сух árido suchý, vyprahlý trocken tør; ufrugtbar ξηρόςárido kuiv خشک kuiva arideצחיח शुष्क sušan száraz kering skrælnaður, þurr arido 乾いた 마른 išdžiūvęs, sausas, menkas sauss; izkaltis kontang dortørr, nedbørsfattigsuchy وچ árido arid сухой vyprahnutý suh, nerodoviten sušan torr, förbränd แห้งแล้ง kurak, çorak 乾燥的，貧脊的 сухий, посушливий بنجر، خشک ، بے آب وگیاہ khô cằn 干旱的，贫瘠的

aˈridity noun

droogheid قُحولَه، جَفاف сухост aridez suchost, vyprahlost die Dürre tørhed; ufrugtbarhed ξηρασίαaridez kuivus کم آبی؛ بایر بودن kuivuus aridité צְחִיחוּת शुष्कता sušnost szárazság kekeringan þurrkur aridità 乾燥 (状態) 건조 sausumas, menkumas sausums kontang dorheidtørrhetsuchość وچوالی، د اوبو لږوالی ، شاړه توب aridez ariditate сухость vyprahnutosť suša, nerodovitnost suša torrhet, torka ความแห้งแล้ง kuraklık, çoraklık 達到乾旱的程度 сухість; посушливість بے آب و گیاہ ہونا ، بنجر ہونا sự khô cằn 干旱

ˈaridness noun

dorheid جَفاف، قُحولَه сухота aridez suchost, vyprahlost die Dürre tørhed; ufrugtbarhed ξηρότηταaridez kuivus خشکی kuivuus aridité צחיחות, שממה शुष्कता suhoparnost szárazság kekeringan þurrleiki aridità 乾燥 (状態) 불모 sausringumas sausums kekontangan dorheidtørrhetsuchość وچوالی aridez ariditate засушливость vyprahnutosť nerodovitnost suvoća torrhet, torka ความแห้งแล้ง kuraklık, çoraklık 乾旱的狀態 неродючість بے کیفی sự khô cằn 干旱

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