How to sign: 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;
Similiar / Same: arid, desiccated
How to sign: lose water or moisture
"In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly";