Dry

Synonyms: Parched, withered, wilted, crisp, brittle, desiccated, sapless, hard, dried out, old, past its sell-by date, dried, shrivelled, wizened, crispy, dehydrated, sun-baked, juiceless, hardened, stale, past its best, and off.

Synonyms: Arid, scorched, burned, torrid, sizzling, waterless, rainless, desiccated, as dry as a bone, as dry as dust, torrefied, parched, baked, dried up/out, hot, burning, moistureless, dehydrated, thirsty, bone dry, and droughty.

Synonyms: Thirsty, longing for a drink, gasping, thirst-provoking, strenuous, heavy, exhausting, dehydrated, parched, thirst-making, hot, arduous, and tiring.

Synonyms: Bare, basic, stark, bald, hard, unadorned, dull, boring, tedious, wearisome, monotonous, arid, sterile, bland, lacklustre, colourless, prosaic, humdrum, commonplace, quotidian, vapid, leaden, deadly, dreich, simple, fundamental, naked, cold, straightforward, unembellished, uninteresting, unexciting, tiresome, dreary, dry as dust, unimaginative, flat, insipid, stodgy, lifeless, run-of-the-mill, mundane, workaday, routine, stiff, wooden, and samey.

Synonyms: Unemotional, undemonstrative, cool, clinical, emotionless, reserved, distant, impersonal, stiff, wooden, indifferent, impassive, cold, passionless, aloof, remote, restrained, formal, rigid, and starchy.

Synonyms: Wry, low-key, sly, deadpan, poker-faced, sardonic, cynical, biting, mocking, droll, sarky, subtle, laconic, sharp, straight-faced, ironic, sarcastic, mordant, satirical, scoffing, and waggish.

Synonyms: Prohibitionist, alcohol-free, abstinent, sober, straight, teetotal, non-drinking, clean, and on the wagon.

Synonyms: Crisp, piquant, tart, sharp, not sweet, and bitter.

Synonyms: Monetarist, right-wing, supply-side, arch-conservative, reactionary, and true-blue.

Synonyms: Monetarist, right-winger, supply-sider, arch-conservative, and reactionary.