Synonyms of desiccating

desiccating

verb

present participle of desiccate

1

as in undermining

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality

that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• undermining
• draining
• weakening
• exhausting
• dehydrating
• enervating
• petrifying
• deadening
• devitalizing
• damping
• castrating
• wearing
• dampening
• lobotomizing
• discouraging
• sapping
• debilitating
• enfeebling
• burning out
• fatiguing
• gelding
• wearing out
• dispiriting
• disheartening
• daunting
• demoralizing
• tuckering (out)
• doing in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stimulating
• bracing
• energizing
• stirring
• vivifying
• invigorating
• vitalizing
• quickening
• enlivening
• arousing
• charging
• rousing
• galvanizing
• fermenting
• exciting
• triggering
• firing
• electrifying
• kindling
• provoking
• inciting
• inflaming
• fomenting
• lifting
• whipping (up)
• sparking
• regenerating
• instigating
• fortifying
• abetting
• cheering
• inspiring
• boosting
• buoying
• reviving
• enflaming
• revitalizing
• renewing
• recharging
• emboldening
• rejuvenating
• resuscitating
• resurrecting
• reawakening
• reactivating
• refreshing
• reanimating
• rekindling
• reenergizing
• heartening
• reawaking
• re-energizing

2

as in drying

to make dry

add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drying
• scorching
• parching
• dehydrating
• baking
• draining
• searing
• evaporating
• dehumidifying
• shrivelling
• shriveling
• mummifying
• air-drying
• withering
• wizening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wetting
• washing
• watering
• flooding
• soaking
• saturating
• drowning
• bathing
• drenching
• overflowing
• moistening
• inundating
• damping
• sopping
• hydrating
• dousing
• dampening
• deluging
• humidifying
• waterlogging
• dipping
• sousing
• submerging
• dowsing
• swamping
• rehydrating
• dunking