Wanting water (4 letters)

{ Answer }

ARID

{ Related Clues }

Desertlike
Droughty
Dry
Dull
Hardscrabble
Jejune
Lifeless
Parched
Rainless
Saharan
Sterile
Uninteresting
Waterless
Anagram for raid
Completely uninteresting
Desert-dry
Devoid of interest
Dry as dust
Gobi-like
Lacking moisture
Like the Gobi
Like the Kalahari
Like the Negev
Like the Sahara
Needing irrigation
Without moisture
Like Australia's Outback
Like Death Valley
Like the Spanish Sahara

{ Tags }

arid, bone, death, desert, desertlike, desiccated, droughty, dry, dust, gobi, interest, irrigation, jejune, lifeless, like, mojave, needing, parched, sahara, saharan, valley

{ Notes }

The answer ARID is very common and appears about once every 41.4 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ARID as an adjective:

1. (arid, waterless) = lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"

2. (arid, desiccate, desiccated) = lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo