dried-up 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of dried-upnext
as in drained

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dried up

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verb

past tense of dry up
as in quieted (down)
to stop talking sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dried-up
  1. exhausted
  2. shut up
  3. dry
  4. arid
  5. lifeless
  6. spent
  7. waterless
  8. desert
Adjective
  • Separating the two nations by religion served as a way out for the exhausted British.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • That the Kremlin must now rotate at least some of its exhausted units off the Kursk front line is indicative of the slow pace and high cost of the Russian counteroffensive in the oblast.
    David Axe, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • In other words, Anti-SLAPP laws prevent bad people from misusing the courts to shut up others who have done nothing more than lawfully express themselves.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But the film cranks it to 10 when the actors shut up and the Crums focus on a warped visual vocabulary: analog video, gruesome special effects, taunting puppets and, most especially, Daryll Arellano’s skin-pinching sound.
    Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of shut up
Adjective
  • Silva suggests tools and techniques like Gua Sha and dry brushing.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
  • MacKay’s droll speaking style failed to impress some voters but was a huge hit with his colleagues and the media because of his dry, self-deprecating sense of humor.
    Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of dry
Adjective
  • Climate scientists say global warming has exacerbated southern California’s arid conditions, laying the groundwork for more frequent and worse fires and other natural disasters.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Its rigid thematic frame—an arid realm of thinly evoked abstractions—carries over into its composition.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of arid
Adjective
  • Her house is pristine and lifeless, reflecting Pansy’s own sense of joylessness.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Overly minimalistic spaces, while once celebrated, now risk feeling cold and lifeless, lacking the layers that make a home truly engaging.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of lifeless
Adjective
  • If successful, this process could deal with the americium that is the most dangerous and long-lived component of spent reactor fuel.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Conventional wisdom describes the Green Movement as a spent force, citing the lack of mass demonstrations over the past year and half.
    Michael Ledeen, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2012
Definition of spent
Adjective
  • While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.
    Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
Definition of waterless
Adjective
  • It should be kept in mind that the territory the cession of which is provided for is largely desert and very sparsely inhabited.
    Anonymous, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2011
  • The ban covers the non-desert regions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties and most of Orange County and prohibits outdoor and residential burning of wood and manufactured logs.
    Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2021
Definition of desert
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