arid

ar·id  (rd)

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 ridus, from rre, to be dry; see as- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·ridi·ty (-rd-t), arid·ness n.

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arid [ˈærɪd]

adj

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

2. devoid of interest

[from Latin āridus, from ārēre to be dry]

aridity  [əˈrɪdɪtɪ], aridness n

aridly  adv

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arid  (rd)

Very dry, especially having less precipitation than is needed to support most trees or woody plants. Deserts have arid climates.

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

Translations

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

adj arid [ˈӕrid]

dry The soil is rather arid. droog قاحِل، جاف، مُجْدِب сух suchý, vyprahlý tør; ufrugtbar trocken ξηρός árido kuiv خشک kuiva aride צָחִיח शुष्क sušan száraz kering skrælnaður, þurr arido 乾いた 마른 išdžiūvęs, sausas, menkas sauss; izkaltis kontang dor tørr, nedbørsfattig suchy 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

n aˈridity

droogheid قُحولَه، جَفاف сухост suchost, vyprahlost tørhed; ufrugtbarhed die Dürre ξηρασία aridez kuivus کم آبی؛ بایر بودن kuivuus aridité צְחִיחוּת शुष्कता sušnost szárazság kekeringan þurrkur aridità 乾燥 (状態) 건조 sausumas, menkumas sausums kontang dorheid tørrhet suchość 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

n aridness

dorheid جَفاف، قُحولَه сухота suchost, vyprahlost tørhed; ufrugtbarhed die Dürre ξηρότητα aridez kuivus خشکی kuivuus aridité צְחִיחוּת, שׁמָמָה शुष्कता suhoparnost szárazság kekeringan þurrleiki aridità 乾燥 (状態) 불모성 sausringumas sausums kekontangan dorheid tørrhet suchość aridez ariditate засушливость vyprahnutosť nerodovitnost suvoća torrhet, torka ความแห้งแล้ง kuraklık, çoraklık 乾旱 неродючість بے کیفی sự khô cằn 干旱