wither
/ˈwɪðɚ/ verb B1- To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. · The flowers began to wither in the hot sun without enough water.· She watched as the old tree slowly withered with time.
- To cause to shrivel or dry up.
- To lose vigour or power; to languish; to waste away; to pass away.
- To become helpless due to emotion.
- To make helpless due to emotion.
He/she/it withers · Past withered · Past participle withered · -ing form withering
Verb forms
- Base form
- wither
- He/she/it
- withers
- Past
- withered
- Past participle
- withered
- -ing form
- withering
From the library
“Really, you were only before sparkling, but now you are brilliant; take compassion on us, or, like Jupiter, you will wither us up.”
Madame Danglars surveyed her husband with a look of withering contempt.
“Never mind, Renée,” replied the marquise, with a look of tenderness that seemed out of keeping with her harsh dry features; but, however all other feelings may be withered in a woman’s nature, there is always one bright smiling spot in the desert of her heart, and that is the shrine of maternal love.
Of course it is of no consequence,” he added, with a withering smile.
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