arid
adjective
[ ˈarɪd ]
• (of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation.
• "the arid plains north of Cape Town"
Similar:
dry,
dried up,
waterless,
as dry as a bone,
moistureless,
parched,
scorched,
baked,
thirsty,
dehydrated,
desiccated,
barren,
desert,
waste,
desolate,
infertile,
non-fertile,
unfruitful,
unproductive,
uncultivatable,
sterile,
infecund,
droughty,
torrefied,
• lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning.
• "his arid years in suburbia"
Similar:
dreary,
dull,
drab,
dry,
sterile,
banal,
colourless,
monochrome,
unstimulating,
uninspiring,
flat,
boring,
uninteresting,
monotonous,
lifeless,
tedious,
vapid,
jejune,
soul-destroying,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French aride or Latin aridus, from arere ‘be dry or parched’.
