All 7 Uses of
wither
in
Bleak House
- He was short, cadaverous, and withered, with his head sunk sideways between his shoulders and the breath issuing in visible smoke from his mouth as if he were on fire within.†
Chpt 4-6
- Age or change should never wither it.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- When I go into our little church on a Sunday, a considerable part of the inconsiderable congregation expect to see me drop, scorched and withered, on the pavement under the Dedlock displeasure.†
Chpt 16-18
- The learned gentleman who does the withering business and who blights all opponents with his gloomy sarcasm is as merry as a grig at a French watering-place.†
Chpt 19-21
- When they were withered I had dried them and put them in a book that I was fond of.†
Chpt 34-36
- "Good gracious, what's that?" cries Volumnia with her little withered scream.†
Chpt 40-42
- Weaker than that, I took the withered flowers out and put them for a moment to her lips.†
Chpt 43-45
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated