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- [drahy az duhst]
- /draɪ æz dʌst/
- /draɪ əz dʌst/
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- [drahy az duhst]
- /draɪ æz dʌst/
Definition of dry as dust words
- adjective dry as dust dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography. 1
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Origin of dry as dust
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
1870-75; after Dr. Dryasdust, a fictitious pedant satirized in the prefaces of Sir Walter Scott's novels
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Parts of speech for Dry as dust
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adjective
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preposition
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determiner
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dry as dust popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
dry as dust usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dry as dust
adj dry as dust
- barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- dusty — filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- parched — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- desert — A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- bone-dry — very dry.
Antonyms for dry as dust
adj dry as dust
- fertile — bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific: fertile soil.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- damp — Something that is damp is slightly wet.
- humid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- moist — moderately or slightly wet; damp.
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