Arid

Adjective

 * 1) Very dry.
 * 2) Describing a very dry climate.  Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
 * 3) Devoid of value.

Adverbs for Arid
dessicatingly; terribly; rainlessly; horribly;intolerably; unbearably;  unproductively;wildly; fruitlessly; treelessly; dustily; insufferably; hopelessly; desperately; bitterly; malignly; pestiferously; agonizingly; heart-breakingly; destructively; murderously; joylessly; desolately; insupportably; dolorously.

Synonyms for Arid
dry, barren, sterile, desert-like.

Antonyms for Arid
moist, damp, rainy.

Thesaurus
Saharan; academic; acarpous; anhydrous; athirst; barren; blah; blank; bloodless; bone-dry; bookish; boring; bromidic; celibate; characterless; childless; cold; colorless; dead; desert; desolate; dismal; drab; draggy; drained; drearisome; dreary; dried-up; droughty; dry; dry as dust; dryasdust; dull; dusty; earthbound; effete; elephantine; empty; etiolated; exhausted; fade; fallow; flat; fruitless; gaunt; gelded; heavy; high and dry; ho-hum; hollow; humdrum; impotent; inane; ineffectual; inexcitable; infecund; infertile; insipid; issueless; jejune; juiceless; lackluster; leached; leaden; lifeless; like parchment; literal; low-spirited; menopausal; moistureless; monotonous; mundane; nonfertile; nonproducing; nonproductive; nonprolific; pale; pallid; pedantic; pedestrian; plodding; pointless; poky; ponderous; prosaic; prosing; prosy; sandy; sapless; sere; sine prole; slow; solemn; spiritless; staid; sterile; stiff; stodgy; stolid; stuffy; sucked dry; superficial; tasteless; tedious; teemless; thirsting; thirsty; unanimated; uncultivated; undamped; unfanciful; unfertile; unfruitful; unideal; unimaginative; uninspired; uninteresting; uninventive; unlively; unoriginal; unplowed; unpoetic; unproductive; unprolific; unromantic; unromanticized; unsown; untilled; unwatered; vapid; virgin; waste; wasted; waterless; weariful; wearisome; without issue; wooden

Etymology
Ultimately from the term aridus:, confer its synonymous contracted form ardus:. Originally from the verb areo:, akin to ardeo:.

Pronunciation

 * {{SAMPA|/{.rId/}}

Translations

 * Bulgarian: сух, безводен
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Indonesian: kering, kering kerontang, gersang, tandus


 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: árido
 * Urdu:

Anagrams

 * Dari
 * raid, RAID
 * riad