I ran. I devoted my entire life to running to a flower that had already wilted when I reached it.
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Wilted
Synonyms for "wilted" (35 found)
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Related words (17)
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Translations
14 translations across 11 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- verwelkt adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
German
2 entries- verwelkt adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
- welk adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Hungarian
1 entries- hervadt adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Icelandic
1 entries- visinn adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Irish
1 entries- sleabhctha adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Old Irish
1 entries- crín adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- walkj adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Russian
2 entries- завянувший adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
- увядший adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Spanish
2 entries- chuchurrío adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
- marchito adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Swedish
1 entries- vissen adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Volapük
1 entries- fainik adj ((of plants) drooping due to lack of water)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The flower needs watering. The leaves are already wilted.
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Many plants are wilted for lack of water.
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Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.
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