Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: desiccated
IPA transcription: [d'ɛsəkeɪtəd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: arid, desiccate, desiccated
    Meaning: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo
  • Synonyms: dried, dehydrated, desiccated
    Meaning: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
  • Synonyms: desiccated, dried-out
    Meaning: thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split"
Usage examples
  • Everywhere there was the same torpor, the same wornout, desiccated life in death. It was in the streets with their sultry pallor, in the parks and squares where the dust lay like a grey blight on every green thing.