drying-up
Becoming completely parched
Drying-up is the process of becoming dry or making something dry.
In British usage, it specifically means drying dishes after washing: It's your turn to do the drying-up.
The term also describes water sources depleting or supplies diminishing: the drying-up of the river, a drying-up of funding.
When a performer forgets their lines mid-speech, that's also drying-up.
Limp from dehydration
- shriveledContracted from moisture loss
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- sereDried and shriveled
- droopingHanging or bending downward
faded · brittle · crisped · wizened · stunted · atrophy · blighted · crumbling
Small amounts of liquid
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- vaporizationConversion to gas
- aridityAbsence of moisture
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
condensation · desiccation · transpiration · evaporative · dewpoint · parchedness · drought · steam
Deficient supply of necessities
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
- diminutionReduction in size
decline · deficiency · drainage · reduction · decrease · loss · deprivation · paucity
wilted
Limp from dehydration
drooping · faded · brittle · crisped · wizened · stunted · atrophy · blighted · crumbling · senescence
moisture
Small amounts of liquid
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- vaporizationConversion to gas
- aridityAbsence of moisture
humidity · condensation · desiccation · transpiration · evaporative · dewpoint · parchedness · drought · steam · distillation
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
diminution · decline · deficiency · drainage · reduction · decrease · loss · deprivation · paucity · attrition
drying-upwetting
Adding moisture to
moistening · soaking · saturating · dampening · hydrating
drying-upreplenishing
Restoring to fullness
replenishment · filling up · restocking · renewing · resupplying