desiccate

Adjective

• 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
    

Verb

• lose water or moisture
  • In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
    

• remove water from
  • All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
    

• preserve by removing all water and liquids from
  • carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  arid , desiccated , exsiccate , dehydrate , dry up