Withering synonyms
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Causing devastation
decaying (related)
A wasting or decrease in the size of an organ or tissue, as from death and reabsorption of cells, diminished proliferation of cells, pressure, lack of oxygen, malnutrition, decreased function, or hormonal changes.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
(Sports) To swerve from a straight course, especially in the direction of a slice.
To become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying:
To make weak, feeble, or emaciated; wear away the strength, vigor, or life of
To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
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(Figuratively) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
To make unable to move or act:
(Intransitive) To live in miserable or disheartening conditions. [from 15th c.]
To bend or sag gradually:
To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
To weaken or disintegrate; decay:
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To lose water; become dry
Any of numerous plant diseases that cause leaves, stems, fruits, and tissues to wither and die. Rust, mildew, and smut are blights.
To waste away; wither or deteriorate; undergo atrophy.
Age means to experience the passage of time or show signs of growing older.
To cause to lose vitality or become impervious to change; deaden:
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To cause to become numb.
To make numb, especially by cold.
To waste (away) through grief, pain, longing, etc.
To shrivel or dry up
growing (antonym)
To come to be by a gradual process or by degrees; become:
reviving (antonym)
To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
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affecting (related)
The definition of affect means to produce a change in something.
dry (related)
To remove moisture from.
Find another word for withering. In this page you can discover 37 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for withering, like: devastating, shriveling, shrinking, decaying, atrophy, wilting, annihilative, annihilating, fading, shrivelling and wrinkling.