Synonyms of dried-up

dried-up 1 of 2

adjective

as in drained

Related Words

• drained
• depleted
• enfeebled
• consumed
• debilitated
• exhausted
• diminished
• dry
• reduced
• arid
• lifeless
• spent
• droughty
• waterless
• expended
• desert
• thirsty
• sere
• uncultivable
• lessened
• rainless
• untillable
• inhospitable
• parched
• bleak
• bankrupted
• dehydrated
• sunbaked
• used up
• barren
• baked
• bony
• impoverished
• desolate
• unfertile
• unproductive
• hardscrabble
• infertile
• waste
• poor
• dead
• stark

Dissimilar Words

• fertile
• rich
• productive
• fruitful
• lush
• luxuriant
• green
• arable
• tillable
• verdant
• sylvan

dried up

2 of 2

verb

past tense of dry up

as in quieted (down)

to stop talking

sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quieted (down)
• hushed
• clammed up
• belted up
• shut up
• piped down
• settled (down)
• dummied up
• cooled (down)
• calmed (down)
• held one's tongue
• hemmed
• hawed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spoke
• talked
• piped up
• spoke up
• spoke out
• spouted (off)
• sounded off
• talked up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dried-up

Adjective

Most fish in Moynaq’s bazaar—centered around a fountain of golden carp leaping from a dried-up well—now come from farms. — Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026

But as the trend began to wane, funding dried-up, according to Barry. — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025

Verb

Client travel funds dried up during the 2008 financial crisis, and of course many advisors were forced to either close, sell or retool their businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Because cap space around the NBA has dried up, Watson’s best chance to get paid is via sign-and-trade, inking a new contract with the Nuggets, who would then simultaneously flip him to his new team. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 July 2026

But county funding dried up this year, forcing the conservation authority to reintroduce the parking fee. — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Butch’s plants dried up and died a few weeks after Butch did. — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

But that friendship was betrayed as settlers dried up the Gila with upstream dams and diversions. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026

But those funds dried up; the barrier to creating the vaccine wasn’t scientific, but financial. — Alice Park, Time, 2 July 2026

Councilmember Laura Hoffmeister expressed concerns about the site going unmonitored during evening hours and how the city would recoup its money if the property owner was unable to pay in the future, or if federal dollars dried up. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Poland says in the time since the June 13 explosion, many of the vents have dried up. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026