aridities
Bone-dry desert conditions
Aridities is the plural of aridity, referring to conditions of extreme dryness.
The word applies literally to climates and landscapes lacking moisture: the aridities of the Sahara.
Figuratively, it describes intellectual or creative barrenness—the aridities of academic prose, the aridities of a loveless marriage.
Extremely dry or thirsty
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- waterlessWithout any liquid
- moisturelessHaving no wetness
dusty · baked · scorching · crisp · brittle · chapped · shriveled · withered
Prolonged water scarcity
- famineSevere food shortage
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
sunbaked · irrigation · wilted · seasonal · semiarid · continental · subtropical
Absence of substance
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- isolationComplete separation from others
- despairTotal absence of hope
hopelessness · melancholy · gloom · dejection · forlornness · alienation · sorrow · joylessness
Lack of stimulation
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- lifelessnessQuality of having no animation
- stalenessLoss of freshness
- flatnessAbsence of slope
tedium · monotony · blandness · colorlessness · unimaginative · vapid · prosaic · spiritless
Uninhabitable barren region
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
- sterileFree from microorganisms
bleak · desolate · empty · stark · uninhabited · forsaken · inhospitable · fallow
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
- desiccationComplete removal of moisture
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- waterlessWithout any liquid
moistureless · dusty · baked · scorching · crisp · brittle · chapped · shriveled · withered · cracked
drought
Prolonged water scarcity
- famineSevere food shortage
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
heatwave · sunbaked · irrigation · wilted · seasonal · semiarid · continental · subtropical
emptiness
Absence of substance
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- isolationComplete separation from others
despair · hopelessness · melancholy · gloom · dejection · forlornness · alienation · sorrow · joylessness · dreariness
dullness
Lack of stimulation
- uninspiredLacking creative spark
- lifelessnessQuality of having no animation
- stalenessLoss of freshness
flatness · tedium · monotony · blandness · colorlessness · unimaginative · vapid · prosaic · spiritless · lackluster
wasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
sterile · bleak · desolate · empty · stark · uninhabited · forsaken · inhospitable · fallow · unfruitful
ariditieswetnesses
States of being moist
dampness · wetness · moisture · humidities · sogginess
ariditiesfertilities
Reproductive abundances
abundance · fruitfulness · lushness · fecundity · verdancy
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Plural states of wealth
richness · vibrancies · liveliness · vivacity · colorfulness