Definitions for arid

arid ar·id

Spelling: [ar-id]
IPA: /ˈær ɪd/

Arid is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in arid (adir).

Definitions for arid

adjective

  1. being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
  2. barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture:
  3. lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune: Synonyms: dull, tedious, dreary, vapid, uninspired, uninspiring; pedantic. Antonyms: lively, interesting, exciting, spirited, imaginative.

Origin of arid

1645-55; (Latin āridus, equivalent to ār(ēre) to be dry + -idus -id4; cf. ash1

Examples for arid

His papers are voluminous but arid, nothing of the man comes through.

Without it, the seeds of change and innovation will wither in a soil that is an arid mix of negativism and defeatism.

Anguilla is an arid, flat Caribbean island surrounded on all sides by seawater.

Though the desert were arid on this side, it was her desert, and there in her tent must she abide.

Not a word or even a mutter assisted this short and arid handshake.

He was accustomed to far higher temperatures on the arid planet that was his home.

Some parts were arid, nearly barren, others green and fertile.

In the syllogistic system he found only subtlety and arid ingenuity.

Media people, always on perpetual deadline, can adapt even to the most arid surroundings.

One could not fancy a drop of moisture upon that arid surface.

Word Value for arid
Scrable

5

Words with friends

5

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