BONE-DRY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

bone-dry

adjective

Definition of bone-dry

as in sunbaked

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Recent Examples of bone-dry Winds gusting beyond 50 miles per hour at times howled over bone-dry fuels itching to ignite. — Murphy Woodhouse, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026 The sun is high and hot in early June—a bone-dry 85 degrees Fahrenheit—though the direct light is enough to make my forehead glisten. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2026 For the last few years, my dad, an Army veteran with my bone-dry sense of humor, has fought a progressive neurological disorder that causes severe tremors in his arms, legs and neck. — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026 With this premise, Brandl brews a heady, destabilizing concoction of uncanny horror and bone-dry humor to depict a man on the brink, whose demons—whether real or imagined—just might be catching up with him. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bone-dry

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone-dry

Adjective

The wind had completely died down, and there were fewer passersby on the sunbaked streets.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
The bright yellow Castell General Store doubles as a community center, a place where sunbaked kayakers, cyclists and anglers down cheeseburgers and nurse Lone Star beers.

— Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026

Definition of sunbaked

Adjective

Earlier Monday, some residents returned to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Volunteers armed with watering cans, trucks and makeshift water tanks shadow firefighters, battling underground flare-ups in parched pine forests after months without rain and increasingly fire-prone conditions linked to climate change.

— Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of parched

Adjective

The experience of eating it is even more shocking … the electric crunch of passionfruit seeds giving way to exploding citrus vesicles, glimmering like wayward teardrop gems … and … was that a dehydrated banana?

— Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The masks are made from hydrogel, which, Dixneuf says, is particularly well-suited for dehydrated, puffy, and tired eyes.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025

Definition of dehydrated

Adjective

And choosing a washer with a higher spin speed (up to about 1,000 RPM) removes more water before drying, which shortens air-dry time significantly.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2026
Once the stain is gone, blot again with a clean damp cloth to remove any soap residue and allow the upholstery to air-dry completely.

— Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of air-dry

Adjective

Suzana Aguiar is a fifth-generation cotton grower from a semi-arid region of Brazil.

— Bart Vollaard, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
One of the most famously arid national landmarks succumbed to deadly flash flooding over the weekend, leaving at least one person dead and more than a dozen unaccounted for as more rain could lash Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on Monday.

— Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of arid

Adjective

While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.

— Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.

— Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022

Definition of waterless

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