All 7 Uses of
wither
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- The common hill-flowers wither, but they blossom again.†
Chpt 2
- Her flower-like lips touched the withered cheek, and warmed its frost.†
Chpt 5 *
- Its gold would wither into grey.†
Chpt 7
- He had heard of rich men who had been blackmailed all their lives by some servant who had read a letter, or overheard a conversation, or picked up a card with an address, or found beneath a pillow a withered flower or a shred of crumpled lace.†
Chpt 10
- The carnations of the painting had withered, but the eyes were still wonderful in their depth and brilliancy of colour.†
Chpt 11
- He jumped from the cart, and having told the groom to take the mare home, made his way towards his guest through the withered bracken and rough undergrowth.†
Chpt 18
- He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated