desiccate

  • (s) 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
    arid, desiccated,

Verbs

  • (v) preserve by removing all water and liquids from
    • carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
    dehydrate,
  • (v) remove water from
    • All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
    dehydrate,
  • (v) lose water or moisture
    • In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
    dry up, exsiccate, dehydrate,

Synonyms

arid desiccated dehydrate dry up exsiccate

Antonyms

hydrate

Words of close approximity

desiccant
desiccated