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[ drou-tee ] / ˈdraʊ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR droughty ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, drought·i·er, drought·i·est.dry. lacking rain. Chiefly British Dialect. thirsty. Origin of droughtyFirst recorded in 1595–1605; drought + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM droughtydrought·i·ness, nounWords nearby droughtydrosophila, dross, drossy, Droste-Hülshoff, drought, droughty, drouk, droukit, drouthy, drove, drover Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for droughtyThey may be increased by division at almost any time, the exceptions being when flowering or at a droughty season. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers|John Wood Tlaloc was the god of rain—an important deity for a country where a droughty season was nothing less than a national disaster. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru|Lewis Spence Some modification of this plan might probably be employed with profit for the storing-up of water for droughty years in England. Hours of Exercise in the Alps|John Tyndall In droughty countries like Arizona and New Mexico we were frequently reduced to serious straits to find decent drinking-water. Ranching, Sport and Travel|Thomas Carson
Words related to droughtyimpatient, keen, inclined, hungry, greedy, anxious, eager, parched, dehydrated, dusty, arid, torrid, barren, bare, stale, impoverished, drained, exhausted, sear, desert |