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arid
Overview of adj arid
The adj arid has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. arid, waterless -- (lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross")
2. arid, desiccate, desiccated -- (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)
Grep of noun arid
acarid
aridity
aridness
larid
sciarid
sparid
Antonyms of adj arid
2 senses of arid
Sense 1
arid, waterless
INDIRECT (VIA dry) -> wet
Sense 2
arid, desiccate, desiccated
INDIRECT (VIA dull) -> lively
Similarity of adj arid
2 senses of arid
Sense 1
arid, waterless
=> dry (vs. wet)
Sense 2
arid, desiccate, desiccated
=> dull (vs. lively)
Pertainyms of adj arid
Attributes of adj arid
Domain of adj arid
Domain Terms of adj arid
Familiarity of adj arid
arid used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj arid
arid
semiarid
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