dryness
UK/ˈdɹaɪ.nəs/
dryness noun: a lack of moisture.
Noun
dryness (countable and uncountable, plural drynesses)
- A lack of moisture.
- Dr. Khorana added that this is especially true of cleansers that feature surfactants like sodium lauryl sulfate, as this class of ingredients can cause “dryness, irritation and eczema.”2023 December 6, Jessica DeFino, “Too Many Products Can Stress Out Your Skin. Here’s How to Scale Back.”, in The New York Times
- The degree to which something is dry.
dryness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
dryness in Hindi
- a lack of moisture
- रूखापन rūkhāpan
dryness in Tamil
- உலர்நிலை, உணக்கம்
dryness in Urdu
- خشکی, رکھائی, روکھا پن, یبوست
dryness in Bengali
- a lack of moisture
- শোষ śōś
More languagesFewer languages
- dryness in Malayalam
- വരൾച്ച, ഉണക്ക്, ജലശൂന്യത
- dryness in Kannada
- ಆರಿಕೆ, ಬತ್ತುಗೆ, ಒಟಕರು
- dryness in Odia
- ଶୋଷ śoṣa
- dryness in Thai
- ความแห้ง kwaam-hɛ̂ɛng
Examples of dryness in a sentence
- The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems and cast a "shadow" of dryness behind them.
- Cracks in the skin resulting from dryness can also increase the risk of skin infections, Dr.
- Transfer the acetone washings to a tared beaker and evaporate to dryness at ambient temperature and pressure.
Forms of dryness
| plural | drynesses |
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Origin of dryness
Inherited from Middle English dryenesse, drynesse; equivalent to dry + -ness.
Words that rhyme with dryness
Questions about dryness
- What does dryness mean?
- Dryness means a lack of moisture.
- What is dryness in Hindi?
- Dryness in Hindi is रूखापन (rūkhāpan). See Dryness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dryness?
- Dryness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dryness?
- Dryness is pronounced /ˈdɹaɪ.nəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dryness?
- The plural of dryness is drynesses.
Words near dryness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dryness (page history and authors); dryness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dryness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dryness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dryness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଶୋଷ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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