Associations to the word «Withering»
Noun
- Vine
- Darwin
- Scorn
- Sarcasm
- Ovid
- Botanist
- Postmaster
- Blight
- Plant
- Contempt
- Glare
- Volley
- Tree
- Watt
- Rebuke
- Barrage
- Glance
- Leave
- Wind
- Hope
- Blast
- Stare
- Physician
- Hail
- Birmingham
- William
- Eloquence
- Fire
- Bough
- Gunfire
- Shrinking
- Grenade
- Drought
- Matthew
- Satire
- Fig
- Platoon
- Gaze
- Stokes
- Disdain
- Indictment
- Bloom
- Howling
- Attacker
- Petal
- Mortar
- Look
- Indignation
- Assault
- Leaf
- Critique
- Casualty
- Curse
- Trooper
- Envy
- Flower
- Chasing
- Artillery
- Pale
- Grass
- Bullet
- Ravine
- Ex
- Heart
- Heat
- Criticism
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
WITHERING, adjective. Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction.
WITHERING, adjective. Diminishing rapidly.
WITHERING, adjective. Tending to make someone feel small; scornful in a mortifying way.
WITHERING, verb. Present participle of wither
WITHERING, noun. The act of something that withers.
Dictionary definition
WITHERING, noun. Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use).
WITHERING, adjective. Wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire".
WITHERING, adjective. Making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert.
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