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withered

Syllables: with·eredUK/ˈwɪðəd//ˈwɪðɚd/

withered adjective: shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water. Also the simple past and past participle of wither.

Adjective

withered (comparative more withered, superlative most withered)

  1. Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
    • Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 334
    • Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy)...
    Synonyms:
    sear, sere

Also used as

withered is also the simple past and past participle of wither.

withered meaning in Vietnamese

withered in Vietnamese

shrivelled
hom hem

Synonyms of withered

Forms of withered

comparativemore withered
superlativemost withered

Phrases with withered

Questions about withered

What does withered mean?
Withered means shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
What is withered in Vietnamese?
Withered in Vietnamese is hom hem. See Withered meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is withered?
Withered is an adjective.
How do you pronounce withered?
Withered is pronounced /ˈwɪðɚd/ (US).

Words near withered in the dictionary

  1. witherband
  2. witherbands
  3. Witherby
  4. Witherden
  5. Witherdens
  6. withered
  7. withered away
  8. withered on the vine
  9. witheredly
  10. witheredness
  11. Witherell

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