dryness
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
Types & categories
- condition hypernym
- dehydration hyponym
- drought hyponym
- thirstiness hyponym
- sereness hyponym
- xerophthalmia hyponym
- xerostomia hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs
Types & categories
- temperance hypernym
Related & opposite
- teetotal derivation
Sense 3 noun
objectivity and detachment
her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone
Types & categories
- unemotionality hypernym
Related & opposite
- dry derivation
- ironic derivation
- dispassionate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | wetness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dry |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dry |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dry |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | arid |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dry |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | condition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dehydration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drought |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thirstiness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sereness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | xerophthalmia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | xerostomia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | teetotal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | temperance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ironic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispassionate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | unemotionality |