Antonyms for aridity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ar-id

Phonetic Transcription : ˈær ɪd

Definition of aridity

Origin : 1590s, from Middle French aridité or directly from Latin ariditatem (nominative ariditas) "dryness," from aridus (see arid). The Latin word was used figuratively of unadorned styles as well as stingy men.

As in poverty : noun want; extreme need, often financial
As in thirst : noun craving (especially for liquid)
As in barrenness : noun desolateness
As in dullness : noun quality of being boring
As in meagerness : noun lack
As in fruitlessness : noun futility
As in impecuniosity : noun poverty
As in impecuniousness : noun poverty
As in impoverishment : noun poverty
As in innocuousness : noun insipidity
As in insipidity : noun dullness
As in insipidness : noun insipidity
As in jejuneness : noun dullness
As in lifelessness : noun dullness
As in neediness : noun poverty
As in pennilessness : noun poverty
As in penuriousness : noun poverty
As in climate : noun weather of region
As in sterileness : noun dullness
As in stodginess : noun dullness
As in vapidity : noun dullness
As in vapidness : noun dullness
As in drought : noun dryness; shortage of supply

Example sentences :

We had an uncomfortable experience because of the excessive heat and aridity.
Extract from : « A Canyon Voyage » by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

That common thinness and aridity, too, of the Unitarian temper had weighed with him.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

There is aridity, there is wildness, and yet there is a certain monotony.
Extract from : « The Sea » by Jules Michelet

It is aridity, too, that gives their particular character to the Argentine Andes.
Extract from : « The Argentine Republic » by Pierre Denis

That great craving for cold and wet is a sign of the heat and aridity that is within.
Extract from : « Monsieur de Pourceaugnac » by Molire

But usually it is merely the problem of aridity; which is only a challenge to enterprise.
Extract from : « The Challenge of the Country » by George Walter Fiske

He might have learnt from his own experience the aridity of a life which is barren of love.
Extract from : « Robert Browning » by Edward Dowden

The aridity of the hills of Sérignan is unfavourable to them.
Extract from : « Social Life in the Insect World » by J. H. Fabre

That common thinness and aridity too of the Unitarian temper had weighed with him.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Except for its aridity, the climate is kind to the small farmer: there is no long inactivity forced upon him by a cold winter.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various

Synonyms for aridity

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