The meaning of ARID is excessively dry; specifically : having insufficient rainfall to support agriculture. How to use arid in a sentence.

ARID definition: being without moisture; extremely dry; parched. See examples of arid used in a sentence.

Add to word list (of land or weather) having little rain; very dry: an arid region (Definition of arid from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Definition of arid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (of land or a climate) having little or no rain; very dry. Nothing grows in these arid regions. The pioneers hoped to …

If you describe something such as a period of your life or an academic subject as arid, you mean that it has so little interest, excitement, or purpose that it makes you feel bored or unhappy.

1. extremely dry; parched: arid land. 2. barren or unproductive due to lack of moisture: arid farmland. 3. lacking vitality or imagination; sterile.

Dec 14, 2025 · Adjective arid (comparative arider or more arid, superlative aridest or most arid) Very dry. Antonyms: wet, drenched, damp, moist The cake was arid. Describing a very dry …