- arid, waterless - lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"
Antonym: wet (indirect, via dry)
- arid, desiccate, desiccated - 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
Antonym: lively (indirect, via dull)