All dry as dust synonyms
dry as dust
D d adj dry as dust
- dry β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- barren β A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- dusty β filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- parched β to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- desert β 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 β very dry.
- arid β Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- impatient β not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- keen β finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- inclined β deviating in direction from the horizontal or vertical; sloping.
- hungry β having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- greedy β excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- anxious β If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- eager β keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- burned β having been cheated in a sale of drugs
- thirsty β feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
- moisture β condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- dry as a bone β (simile) completely dry; totally dry.
- waterless β devoid of water; dry.
- agog β If you are agog, you are excited about something, and eager to know more about it.
- ardent β Ardent is used to describe someone who has extremely strong feelings about something or someone.
- avid β You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.
- breathless β If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
- burning β You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
- craving β an intense desire or longing
- hankering β a longing; craving.
- longing β strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
- yearning β deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- athirst β having an eager desire; longing
- thirsting β a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat caused by need of liquid.
- appetent β having an eager longing or desire
- droughty β dry.
- juice β the natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit: orange juice.
- lusting β intense sexual desire or appetite.
- sapless β without sap; withered; dry: sapless plants.