Local English word record

arid

adjective · 2 senses

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless-C.J.Rolo

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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

Word relationships

Synonyms

desiccate, desiccated

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