ETYM Latin aridus, from arere to be dry: cf. French aride.
1. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall; SYN. waterless.
2. Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; SYN. desiccate, desiccated.
3. Dry, barren (land etc.); dull, unoriginal, lifeless.

Cold, frosty
(Homonym: Chile, chili).
1. Lacking warmth of feeling; SYN. unfriendly.
2. Not characterized by emotion.

1. Not still wet.
2. Preserved by removing natural moisture; SYN. dehydrated, desiccated.

1. (Of food) Eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
2. (Of wines) Not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
3. Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
4. Having a large proportion of strong liquor
5. Having no adornment or coloration
6. Humorously sarcastic or mocking; SYN. ironic, ironical, wry.
7. Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; SYN. juiceless.
8. Lacking warmth or emotional involvement
9. Not producing milk
10. Not shedding tears
11. Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
12. Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; SYN. teetotal.
13 suffering from fluid deprivation
14. Unproductive especially of the expected results
15. Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
16. Without a mucous or watery discharge + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.
Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim.

1. Long and lean; SYN. spindly.
2. Long and thin and often limp

(Homonym: lien).
1. Containing little excess; SYN. skimpy.
2. Not fat; skinny; trim.
3. Lacking in mineral content or combustible material.
4. Not profitable or prosperous.
5. (Metallurgy) Low in mineral content.

Variant of sere.

1. Aged or processed.
2. Rendered competent through trial and experience; SYN. veteran.

Slender; attractively thin; very small

ETYM Akin to stale urine, and to stall; probably from Low German or Scandinavian. Cf. Stale.
Showing deterioration from age.