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withered
adjective
()
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Synonyms:
shriveled
,
shrivelled
,
shrunken
,
wizen
,
wizened
,
Examples:
A lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws.
He did well despite his withered arm.
withered
adjective
()
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Synonyms:
dried-up,
sear
,
sere
,
shriveled
,
shrivelled
,
Examples:
Withered vines.
Words Related to
withered
!
shriveled
,
shrunken
,
wizened
,
sere
,
thin
,
dry
,
lean
,
sear
,
dried-up
,
shrivelled
,
wizen
,
shrunk
,
wilted
,
faded
,
waned
,
sprouted
,
dwindled
,
crumbled
,
bloomed
,
sapped
,
eroded
,
evaporated
,
sagged
,
atrophied
,
rotted
,
dried
,
desiccated
,
decayed
,
weakened
,
decimated
,
drooped
,
diminished
,
ebbed
,
dulled
,
denuded
,
faltered
,
flourished
,
stunted
,
crippled
,
stagnated
,
sickly
,
dimmed
,
grown
,
slackened
,
disintegrated
,
blossomed
,
enfeebled
,
deteriorated
,
resurged
,
revived
,
softened
,
resurrected
,
shorn
,
forsaken
,
vanishing
,
bereft
,
eviscerated
,
flowered
,
propped
,
swelled
,
whither
,
languished
,
crushed
,
outlived
,
battered
,
dented
,
ossified
,
enervated
,
hobbled
,
unwatered
,
vestige
,
tatters
,
floundered
,
proliferated
,
straggly
,
desuetude
,
clung
,
plummeted
,
overgrow
,
fallen
,
pallid
,
imploded
,
leafless
,
candytuft
,
starved
,
foundered
,
supplanted
,
stultified
,
drained
,
dissipated
,
disappearing
,
thinned
,
soured
,
thrived
,
obliterated
,
disuse
,
leeched
,
limp
,
moribund
,
overtaken
,
withered
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