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

Caves and overhangs here have protected at least 15,000 examples of rock art, some thought to be 10,000 years old, depicting people hunting or dancing, giraffes, cattle, and jars possibly for carrying water as the region dried up. — Heather Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026

When galleries shut down during the pandemic, his art sales dried up. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

One is local media money, which particularly in smaller markets, has dried up. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Nevertheless, the agency told the company to temporarily shut down some of its nearby injection wells, and, according to Faulkner, the purge on his land dried up for the first time in years. — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

But the problem in Dalby is that trust dried up with the bore water, and some residents don’t see the same opportunity touted by AI companies, the council and the government – just more potential problems. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

But the drought that set the stage for the fires has dried up Baltzor's hay meadows, too. — Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

Al-Shahid, a hair salon owner, said her income also dried up a few weeks ago. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

The plants and fungi in his garden had dried up, and summer puddles, with their flamboyant biological complexity, had long frozen over. — Molly Herring, Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026