desiccated

  • (s) thoroughly dried out
    • old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars
    • dried-out boards beginning to split
    dried-out,
  • (s) preserved by removing natural moisture
    • dried beef
    • dried fruit
    • dehydrated eggs
    • shredded and desiccated coconut meat
    dehydrated, dried,
  • (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
    desiccate, arid,

Synonyms

dried-out dehydrated dried desiccate arid

Words of close approximity

desiccate