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Definition
to shrivel (wrinkle and contract — usually from lack of water)or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated
- The grapes withered on the vine.
withered = shriveled (wrinkled as they dried out)
- Her confidence withered under the criticism.
- The grass withers, and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.Isaiah 40:8
- My fury was gone, I felt it gone, dried up at the source, withered and lifeless.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- He could see Meo's garden patch, weedy but still with the mark of Meo's hand upon it, withering in the searing heat.Hal Borland -- When the Legends Die
- In the stained-glass window, the lovely rose changed before our eyes into a ghostly specter of my daughter's misshapen and withered arm.Stephen King -- Rose Red
- The long copper frame was withered like an old tree and one hand lay limp on the dirt floor.Forest Carter -- Education of Little Tree
- The withered mummy shuffled forward in her rainbow dress.Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian
- It is a flame spirit in you ever gathering more of itself, While you, heedless of its expansion, bewail the withering of your days.Kahlil Gibran -- The Prophet
- But months after my 18th birthday, the recession hit, gas prices shot up, my savings withered and the reality of going nowhere fast hit me in the face.Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy
- He opened his pouch and drew out some withered leaves.J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Fellowship of the Ring
- It looks dreadfully withered,C.S. Lewis -- The Magician's Nephew
- Now, away from that ocean, in the confines of a hospital bed, his body began to wither like a beached fish.Mitch Albom -- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- It floated on the grass instead of walking, and the grass seemed to wither beneath it.C.S. Lewis -- The Last Battle
- It was absolute misery to come back into the withering coldness.C.S. Lewis -- The Silver Chair
- The moment his fingers touched them they became strangely withered and dried up as with a week's sunshine.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Young Goodman Brown
- Small, withered women, skin creased over onto itself; dark, life-weary eyes that had seen everything.Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels
- sometimes there will be a withered leg or a blind eye or a crumpled back.John Steinbeck -- The Pearl
- He then dropped on me a withering two-syllable "duh."Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma
- WILLY [after a pause, withering]:Arthur Miller -- Death of a Salesman
withered = weakened (or shrank or shriveled)
withered = weakened
withering = shriveling (wrinkling from lack of water)
withered = shriveled (shrunken)
withered = shriveled (wrinkled)
withered = shriveled (wrinkled) or weakened
withering = shriveling (becoming smaller)
withered = shriveled (shrank) or weakened
withered = shriveled (wilted, dried up)
withered = shriveled and weak
wither = become weaker (shrivel)
wither = shrivel (become weaker)
withering = intense and shriveling
withered = shriveled (wrinkled)
withered = shriveled (wrinkled)
withered = shriveled (became weaker)
withering = humiliating
withering = becoming weaker