desiccated
Completely dried out
Desiccated means thoroughly dried out.
The word applies literally to foods preserved by removing moisture—desiccated coconut—or to anything from which water has been extracted.
Figuratively, desiccated describes people or things that seem dried up, lifeless, or drained of vitality: a desiccated old professor, desiccated prose.
The word carries connotations of shriveled emptiness.
Severely lacking moisture
- powderedCrushed to fine particles
- lyophilizedDehydrated via sublimation
- evaporatedConverted to gas
- anhydrousContaining no water
freeze-dried · air-dried · sun-dried · crisped · crumbly · brittle · sere · parched
Preserved by desiccation
- embalmedPreserved a corpse chemically
- jerkyCured meat snack
- biltongCured dried meat snack
- prosciuttoUncooked cured Italian ham
cured · smoked · salted · stockfish · copra · raisins · sultanas · pemmican
Shrunken from age
- witheredDried and shrunken
- wiltedLimp from dehydration
- wrinkledHaving surface folds
- shrunkenReduced from original dimensions
contracted · atrophied · crumpled · deflated · sunken · gaunt · wasted · husk
dehydrated
Severely lacking moisture
- powderedCrushed to fine particles
- lyophilizedDehydrated via sublimation
- evaporatedConverted to gas
anhydrous · freeze-dried · air-dried · sun-dried · crisped · crumbly · brittle · sere · parched · drained
mummified
Preserved by desiccation
prosciutto · cured · smoked · salted · stockfish · copra · raisins · sultanas · pemmican · hardtack
wizened
Shrunken from age
shrunken · contracted · atrophied · crumpled · deflated · sunken · gaunt · wasted · husk · shell
drought
Prolonged water scarcity
dustbowl · cracked · sunbaked · desolate · sterile · infertile · lifeless · dead · exhausted · depleted
shredded
Torn into strips
- flakedSeparated in chips
- sweetenedMade less bitter
- unsweetenedContains no sweetener
toasted · baking · confection · macaroon · lamington · chutney · garnish · filling · coating · tropical
- drynessarid, aridity, dry, dehydrated, bone dry
- dehydrationdehydration, fluid loss, thirst, dry mouth, dark urine
- preservation statespreserved, canned, frozen, dried, pickled
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- hydrationhydrated, water, drinking water, dehydrated, thirsty
- depleteddepleted, exhausted, drained, spent, empty
- desiccated coconutDehydrated tropical fruit shreds
desiccate, desiccation, desiccated coconut, desiccates, desiccating