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bone dry
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very dry |
| Synonyms: | anhydrous, arid, bone dry, dry as a bone, moistureless, parched, scorched, seared, sunbaked, waterless |
| Main Entry: | thirsty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dry, desirous (especially for liquid) |
| Synonyms: | agog*, anxious, appetent, ardent, arid, athirst, avid, bone-dry, breathless, burning, cottonmouthed, craving, crazy for, dehydrated, droughty, dry as dust, dying for, eager, greedy, hankering, hungry, impatient, inclined, itching for, juiceless, keen, longing, lusting, parched, partial to, sapless, thirsting, waterless, wild for, yearning |
| Antonyms: | moist, quenched, satisfied, wet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anhydrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without water |
| Synonyms: | arid, bone-dry, dehydrated, dry, evaporated, moistureless, parched, waterless |
| Main Entry: | moistureless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dry |
| Synonyms: | anhydrous, arid, athirst, baked, bald, bare, barren, bone-dry, dehydrated, depleted, desert, desiccant, desiccated, drained, dried-up, droughty, dusty, evaporated, exhausted, hard, impoverished, juiceless, not irrigated, parched, rainless, sapless, sapped, sear, sere, shriveled, stale, thirsty, torrid, unmoistened, waterless |
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