withering
verb
Meaning
- To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
- To cause to shrivel or dry up.
- To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away.
- To become helpless due to emotion.
- To make helpless due to emotion.
- To go against, resist; oppose.
- The process by which something withers.
- Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction.
- Diminishing rapidly.
- Tending to make someone feel small; scornful in a mortifying way.
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