All dryness synonyms
dry
D d noun dryness
- drought — A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- parch — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- aridness — The state or quality of being arid.
- aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- wryness — produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin.
- irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
- understatement — the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.
- matter-of-fact — adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally.
- sarcasm — harsh or bitter derision or irony.