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

Portions of the river similarly dried up in 2021, 2022 and 2023, even after the state started imposing limits on how much water farmers could take. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Parts of New Mexico, meanwhile, looked less and less like the months of drought that dried up reservoirs and caused hungry bears to roam into neighborhoods in search of food. — Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

But maintaining those programs has grown difficult as funding has dried up at the national, state and now local levels, Thompson said. — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Business in villages like Bajo Chiquito dried up, and villagers returned to growing plantains. — Belén Fernández, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

As political support for decarbonizing the existing energy system has dried up, data centers have emerged as a new center of financial gravity, drawing in unprecedented billions from the biggest tech and Wall Street firms. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Lillard then condemned Hollywood’s response to Barrera, who has said that job offers dried up after she was dropped from the franchise. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026

Rockwood closed the mine in 1988 as lithium demand dried up and the company moved to more cost-effective brine deposits in other countries. — Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

Cousins didn't test the Dolphins deep, and the offense dried up in the fourth quarter with just 3 yards and two first downs. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026