Withered

//ˈwɪðɚd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of wither form-of, participle, past

Adjective

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."

Adjective

1
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness wordnet
2
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture wordnet

Synonyms

shriveled dried up adust anile atrophied attenuated

Antonyms

Example

"Curiously, a flower bloomed on the withered up tree."

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