dry

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. arid, thirsty (see dryness); barren, sterile; humorless, grave.

See impotence, weariness.

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(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Having little or no moisture]

Syn. arid, parched, waterless, dried up, evaporated, desiccated, juiceless, barren, dehydrated, anhydrous, drained, rainless, not irrigated, droughty, bare, thirsty, waterproof, rainproof, baked, hard, shriveled, desiccant, desert, dusty, sapless, unmoistened, sere, depleted, dry as dust, bone-dry*; see also sterile 2 .

Ant. wet*, moist, damp.

2. [Thirsty]

Syn. parched, dehydrated, athirst; see thirsty .

3. [Lacking in interest]

Syn. boring, uninteresting, tedious, flat; see dull 4 .

4. [Possessed of intellectual humor]

Syn. satirical, subtle, sarcastic, cynical, sly, salty, ironic, wry, droll, humorous, restrained, sardonic, biting; see also funny 1 , witty .

Ant. raucous*, crude, slapstick.

5. [Having restrictions on alcoholic liquors]

Syn. prohibitionist, prohibited, temperate, abstinent, abstemious, sober, restricted, having local option, bone-dry*, arid*, straight*, teetotal*.

• not dry behind the ears*,

Syn. immature, young, naive; see inexperienced , naive .

Syn.- dry suggests a lack or insufficiency of moisture, in either a favorable or unfavorable sense, and hence figuratively connotes a lack of life or spirit [ a dry climate, a dry river bed, a dry lecture ] ; arid implies an abnormal, intense dryness, esp. with reference to a region or climate, and strongly implies barrenness or lifelessness [ an arid waste, arid prose ] v.

1. [To become dry]

Syn. lose moisture, dehydrate, evaporate, dry up, dry out, shrivel, wither, wilt, undergo evaporation; see also evaporate 1 , wither .

2. [To cause to become dry]

Syn. wipe, drain, air-dry, dehydrate, freeze-dry, blot, sponge, towel, desiccate, exsiccate, parch, scorch, condense, concentrate, exhaust, torrefy; see also drain 1 , empty 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. dehydrated dessicated, waterless, arid, parched, thirsty, droughty, evaporated, anhydrous, withered.

2. dull boring, uninteresting, prosaic, tedious, flat, blah, *ho hum, wearisome, *dull as dishwater, insipid, monotonous, sterile.

3. droll humorous, sarcastic, satirical, deadpan.

ANT.:1. wet, moist, saturated. 2. interesting, fascinating

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Having little or no liquid or moisture: anhydrous, arid, bone-dry, moistureless, sere, waterless. See DRY. 2. Having little or no precipitation: arid, droughty, rainless, thirsty. See DRY. 3. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing: grating, harsh, hoarse, jarring, rasping, raspy, raucous, rough, scratchy, squawky, strident. See SOUNDS. 4. Needing or desiring drink: parched, thirsty. Archaic: athirst. See DRY. 5. Having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids: acerb, acerbic, acetous, acid, acidulous, sour, tangy, tart1. See TASTE. 6. Without addition, decoration, or qualification: bald, bare, plain, simple, unadorned, unvarnished. See PLAIN. 7. With little or no emotion or expression: impassive, matter-of-fact, unemotional. See ATTITUDE, EXCITE. 8. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise: arid, aseptic, colorless, drab, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired. See EXCITE. 9. Arousing no interest or curiosity: boring, drear, dreary, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary. See EXCITE. II verb 1. To make or become free of moisture. Also used with out: dehydrate, desiccate, exsiccate, parch. See DRY. 2. To make or become physically hard: cake, concrete, congeal, harden, indurate, petrify, set1, solidify. See SOLID.