lacking sufficient water or rainfall; an arid climate; a waterless well; miles of waterless country to cross

[ Syn: waterless ]

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

[ Syn: desiccate , desiccated ]