- barren, arid
- أَجْدَبُ (مُجْدِب) \ barren, arid.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
barren, arid
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arid — *dry Analogous words: barren, infertile, *sterile, unfruitful: *bare, bald, barren: desiccated, dehydrated, parched (see DRY) Antonyms: moist: verdant Contrasted words: *wet, damp, dank, humid: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
barren — I adjective arid, bare, childless, desolate, disused, empty, fallow, fruitless, functionless, idle, impotent, inactive, inane, infecund, infertile, insufficient, issueless, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, profitless, scarce, shallow,… … Law dictionary
Arid — Ar id, a. [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.] Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. An arid waste. Thomson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
arid — [adj1] dry barren, bone dry, desert, dry as a bone, dry as dust, dusty, moistureless, parched, thirsty, waterless; concept 603 Ant. damp, humid, moist, wet arid [adj2] uninterested, spiritless boring, colorless, drab, dreary, dry, dull, flat,… … New thesaurus
barren — [adj1] unable to support growth arid, depleted, desert, desolate, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, impotent, impoverished, infecund, infertile, parched, sterile, unbearing, uncultivable, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive, waste; concepts… … New thesaurus
arid — index barren, lifeless (dull), otiose, pedestrian, unproductive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
arid — [ar′id, er′id] adj. [L aridus < arere, to be dry: see ASH1] 1. lacking enough water for things to grow; dry and barren 2. not interesting; lifeless; dull SYN. DRY aridity [ə rid′ə tē] n. aridness aridly adv … English World dictionary
barren — 1 *sterile, unfruitful, infertile, impotent Antonyms: fecund Contrasted words: *fertile, prolific, fruitful 2 bald, *bare, naked, nude Analogous words: arid, *dry: desolate, forlorn (see … New Dictionary of Synonyms
arid — aridity /euh rid i tee/, aridness, n. aridly, adv. /ar id/, adj. 1. being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate. 2. barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture: arid farmland. 3. lacking interest or… … Universalium
barren — adjective 1) barren land Syn: unproductive, infertile, unfruitful, sterile, arid, desert See note at naked Ant: fertile 2) archaic a barren woman … Thesaurus of popular words
arid — adjective 1) an arid landscape Syn: dry, dried up, bone dry, waterless, moistureless, parched, scorched, baked, thirsty, droughty, desert; barren, infertile See note at dry … Thesaurus of popular words
