EFFLORESCENT Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word efflorescent. (opposite meanings)

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	barren				adjectiveadj
	noun • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation adjective satellite • providing no shelter or sustenance • not bearing offspring • completely wanting or lacking
	dead				adjectiveadj
	adjective • no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life • not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat noun • people who are no longer living • a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense adverb • completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers • quickly and without warning adjective satellite • very tired • unerringly accurate • physically inactive • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive • devoid of physical sensation; numb • lacking acoustic resonance • not yielding a return • not circulating or flowing • not surviving in active use • lacking resilience or bounce • out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown • no longer having force or relevance • the complete stoppage of an action • drained of electric charge; discharged • devoid of activity
	dim				verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
	adjective • made dim or less bright adjective satellite • lacking in light; not bright or harsh • lacking clarity or distinctness • offering little or no hope • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity verb • switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam • become dim or lusterless • make dim or lusterless • make dim by comparison or conceal • become vague or indistinct
	dull				adjectiveadj
	adjective • lacking in liveliness or animation • emitting or reflecting very little light • not keenly felt • not having a sharp edge or point adjective satellite • being or made softer or less loud or clear • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness • (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity • (of business) not active or brisk • blunted in responsiveness or sensibility • not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft • darkened with overcast verb • make dull in appearance • become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness • deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping • make numb or insensitive • make dull or blunt • become less interesting or attractive • make less lively or vigorous
	faded				verb, adjectivev, adj
	adjective satellite • having lost freshness or brilliance of color • reduced in strength
	lifeless				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • deprived of life; no longer living • destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings • lacking animation or excitement or activity • not having the capacity to support life
	sterile				adjectiveadj
	adjective • incapable of reproducing adjective satellite • free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms • deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
	underdeveloped				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply • not yet fully developed
	wan				adverb, nounadv, n
	noun • a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network adjective satellite • (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble • abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress • lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness verb • become pale and sickly
	withered				verb, adjectivev, adj
	adjective satellite • lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness • (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture