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Intended to make someone feel humiliated
“Preparing to send Ikeda a withering glower to conceal the sting that throbbed through him after his partner's slight, Shanza jerked in fright instead when he was interrupted.”
In a period or process of decrease or decline
“The withering economic conditions led to widespread unemployment and poverty.”
Resulting in or from disaster
“The withering storm decimated the entire village, leaving behind a trail of destruction and despair.”
Extremely hot or torrid
Vigorously or intensely incisive and critical
Expressing or containing reproach
In a life-threatening state of health
Falling or fallen into ruin
Marked by harsh, spoken, or written abuse
In a dilapidated or disintegrating condition, typically about to fall apart
Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort
Cold, unfriendly, or lacking in emotion
The process of organic decay or rotting
A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value
The state of being skinny or emaciated in physique or build
The state or process of being desiccated
The process of becoming smaller in size
Present participle for to deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
“He's so ugly that his smile makes leaves fall off trees, grass wither and die, and animals flee in terror.”
Present participle for to decay, decompose or rot
“The pathogen is soil-borne and attacks the roots which wither and rot away.”
Present participle for to shrivel up or waste away
“The body might wither and die, but the thing that is the person, the essence, the soul, lives on.”
Present participle for to dry up, typically withering or shriveling in the process
“The image recalls the pots of flowers planted for Adonis that were allowed to wither in the hot sun on the rooftops.”
Present participle for to droop from withering
“When the leaves wither down in autumn, cut off the withered stems and leaves.”
Present participle for to ebb or melt away (seemingly) into nothingness
“I feel the last layers of my anger wither away into nothingness.”
Present participle for to shrink in size, typically due to decay or poor health
“The U.S. dairy industry, thus, would wither and shrink.”
Present participle for to humiliate (someone) with a scornful look or manner
“She lowered the key she had been about to insert into the lock and attempted to wither me with a sarcastic smile.”
Present participle for to be detrimental to
Present participle for to set on fire, or to be set on fire
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