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withered
with·ered W0192500 (wĭth′ərd)adj. Shriveled, shrunken, or faded from or as if from loss of moisture or sustenance: "the battle to keep his withered dreams intact" (Time).Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | withered - lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"shrunken, wizen, wizened, shriveled, shrivelledlean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | | 2. | withered - (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelledbotany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" |
TranslationsIdiomsSeewitherwithered
Related to withered: withered awaySynonyms for witheredadj lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illnessSynonyms- shrunken
- wizen
- wizened
- shriveled
- shrivelled
Related Wordsadj (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moistureSynonyms- dried-up
- sear
- sere
- shriveled
- shrivelled
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