Throat and nose membranes hurt by dry air allow cold viruses to enter more easily. It is important to carry out sensible counter plans against the cold with heaters and against the dryness with humidifiers.
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Dryness
Synonyms for "dryness" (137 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (68)
pokinesspolydipsiaponderousnessprosaicismprosaicnessprosaismprosinesspungencyraspinessraucityrelishroughnessrudenessscrapinessscratchinessslownesssobrietysolemnitysoursourishness
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sournessspiritlessnessstaidnesssterilenesssterilitystertorousnessstiffnessstodginessstoliditystomachstuffinesssubaciditysuperficialitysweet toothtapewormtartishnesstartnesstastetastelessnesstediousnessthicknessthirstthirstinessthroatinesstorment of tantalusuglinessuncreativenessunfancifulnessunfertilenessunfruitfulnessunimaginativenessuninterestingnessunlivelinessunoriginalityunpoeticalnessunproductivenessunripenessunsweetnessvapidityvapidnessverjuicevinegarinessvinegarishnesswithered loinswoodenness
Noun(3 words)
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6 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ξηρότης noun (a lack of moisture)
Aromanian
1 entries- uscãciuni noun (a lack of moisture)
Asturian
2 entries- secura noun (a lack of moisture)
- sequedá noun (a lack of moisture)
Bengali
1 entries- শোষ noun (a lack of moisture)
Catalan
4 entries- eixutesa noun (a lack of moisture)
- eixutor noun (a lack of moisture)
- secor noun (a lack of moisture)
- sequedat noun (a lack of moisture)
Dutch
2 entries- droogheid noun (a lack of moisture)
- droogte noun (a lack of moisture)
Esperanto
2 entries- sekeco noun (a lack of moisture)
- sekeco noun (the degree to which something is dry)
Finnish
3 entries- kuivuus noun (a lack of moisture)
- kuivuus noun (the degree to which something is dry)
- kuivuusaste noun (the degree to which something is dry)
French
3 entries- siccité noun (a lack of moisture)
- siccité noun (the degree to which something is dry)
- sécheresse noun (a lack of moisture)
Galician
2 entries- secura noun (a lack of moisture)
- sequidade noun (a lack of moisture)
German
1 entries- Trockenheit noun (a lack of moisture)
Hindi
1 entries- रूखापन noun (a lack of moisture)
Italian
1 entries- secchezza noun (a lack of moisture)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- vài noun (a lack of moisture)
- vāilīang noun (the degree to which something is dry)
Latin
1 entries- siccitās noun (a lack of moisture)
Latvian
2 entries- sausums noun (a lack of moisture)
- sausums noun (the degree to which something is dry)
Low German
1 entries- Dröögde noun (a lack of moisture)
Middle English
1 entries- dryenesse noun (a lack of moisture)
Portuguese
1 entries- aridez noun (a lack of moisture)
Romanian
2 entries- ariditate noun (a lack of moisture)
- uscăciune noun (a lack of moisture)
Russian
2 entries- су́хость noun (a lack of moisture)
- су́хость noun (the degree to which something is dry)
Spanish
4 entries- aridez noun (a lack of moisture)
- enjutez noun (a lack of moisture)
- resequedad noun (a lack of moisture)
- secura noun (a lack of moisture)
Thai
1 entries- ความแห้ง noun (a lack of moisture)
Turkish
2 entries- kuruluk noun (a lack of moisture)
- kuruluk noun (the degree to which something is dry)
Uyghur
2 entries- قۇرۇقلۇق noun (a lack of moisture)
- قۇرۇقلۇق noun (the degree to which something is dry)
Volapük
2 entries- sig noun (a lack of moisture)
- säg noun (a lack of moisture)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Much of Europe is sweltering under soaring temperatures — and struggling with extreme dryness and forest fires.
Source: tatoeba (8958886)
Have you had any persistent itching, rash, or dryness anywhere on your body?
Source: tatoeba (9851357)
He says, however, that dryness is expected in many parts of southern Africa including South Africa, Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique, western Botswana and northern Namibia.
Source: tatoeba (12092192)
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