dried up
Lost all moisture
Dried up describes something that has lost its moisture completely: The creek dried up during the drought.
It extends to supplies or sources that have been exhausted: Funding dried up after the scandal.
Applied to people, dried up suggests someone shriveled, withered, or past their prime—often used dismissively: a dried-up old spinster.
Severely lacking moisture
- shriveledContracted from moisture loss
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- witheredDried and shrunken
- mummifiedPreserved by desiccation
wizened · sere · crisped · scorched · brittle · leathery · husked · evaporated
Unable to produce offspring
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
lifeless · fruitless · stark · bleak · impoverished · sterile · stunted · spent
dehydrated
Severely lacking moisture
mummified · wizened · sere · crisped · scorched · brittle · leathery · husked · evaporated · sapped
infertile
Unable to produce offspring
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
fallow · lifeless · fruitless · stark · bleak · impoverished · sterile · stunted · spent · empty
exhausted
Utterly depleted of energy
tapped out · used up · finished · bankrupt · broke · penniless · uninspired · blocked · stale · run out
deserted
Left behind, uninhabited
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- neglectedNot given proper attention
disused · forgotten · vacant · uninhabited · empty · desolate · marooned · isolated · discarded · unused
- drynessarid, aridity, dry, dehydrated, bone dry
- scarcityscarcity, scarce, shortage, scant, scanty
- depleteddepleted, exhausted, drained, spent, empty
- Running Lowrunning low, in short supply, running out, at a premium, next to nothing
- water qualitiesmurky, taste, odor, color, fresh