Arid (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The arid desert landscape stretched out endlessly, with nary a drop of water in sight.
- The region's arid climate made it difficult for plants to grow and thrive.
- After years of drought, the once-lush fields had become an arid wasteland.
- Traveling through the arid terrain was grueling, with no signs of moisture anywhere.
- The waterless town relied on a single, arid well that had been drying up rapidly.
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Meaning 2
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.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The old legend, worn out from repetition, now seemed arid and without significance.
- Her voice lacked passion, making her rendition of the poem an arid exercise.
- The play's dramatic potential was lost in its arid scenery and unimaginative costume design.
- The town's economic downturn had left its once-thriving streets feeling arid and deserted.
- The scientist's arid delivery made her groundbreaking research sound unimpressive to the popular media.