drouth
Prolonged rainless period
Drouth is an older or regional variant of drought—a prolonged period without rain, or any severe shortage: The drouth killed half the cattle that summer.
The spelling persists in some American dialects, particularly in rural and Southern speech, and appears in older literature.
It rhymes with "mouth."
Complete removal of moisture
- parchednessSevere lack of moisture
- dustbowlDrought-stricken eroded region
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- xericLacking moisture
aridness · evapotranspiration · climatology · meteorology · xerophyte · waterless · rainless · bone-dry
Severe food shortage
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
bleakness · sterility · unfruitfulness · fruitlessness · impoverishment · lifelessness · exhaustion · withered
desiccation
Complete removal of moisture
- parchednessSevere lack of moisture
- dustbowlDrought-stricken eroded region
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
xeric · aridness · evapotranspiration · climatology · meteorology · xerophyte · waterless · rainless · bone-dry · scorched
famine
Severe food shortage
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- desolationState of complete emptiness
wasteland · bleakness · sterility · unfruitfulness · fruitlessness · impoverishment · lifelessness · exhaustion · withered · blighted
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
- thirstyNeeding hydration
- dehydratedSeverely lacking moisture
- cravingPowerful urge to have
quench · yearning · longing · athirst · unslaked · gasping · desperate · ravenous
drouthflood
Overwhelming water overflow
deluge · inundation · downpour · torrential rain · monsoon
- regional droughtProlonged water scarcity nearby
- drought reliefHelp during prolonged dryness
- goal droughtProlonged failure to score
- drought tolerantAble to survive dryness
- drought conditionsExtended period without rain
- drought resistantAble to withstand dryness