Wither

//ˈwɪðɚ//

Synonyms for "wither" (96 found)

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Closest matches (20)

fade shrivel decay age air-dry anhydrate attenuate bake blast blight blot brush burn cave in cheat the undertaker collapse constrict consume contract cure

Strong matches (28)

decline deflate dehumidify dehydrate desiccate diminish dodder drain droop dry dry up dwindle emacerate emaciate evaporate exsiccate fade away fail fire flag

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fold get along get on grow old

Verb(4 words)

fade go left go south go wrong

Related words (48)

insolate kiln languish lose strength macerate mummify mummy parch peak pine preshrink rub run down sanforize scorch sear shake shrink sink smoke

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soak up sponge sun sun-dry swab thin torrefy totter towel turn gray turn white wane waste waste away weaken weazen welter wilt wipe wither away wizen wrinkle

Verb(6 words)

mortify shrink shrivel shrivel up suffer worsen

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

7 entries

decrease diminish disappear fall go away lessen vanish

Synonyms

2 entries

fade shrivel

derived

3 entries

wither away wither on the vine wither-wrung

etymologically related_to

2 entries

weather with

has context

1 entries

is a

1 entries

comics character

related to

19 entries

against backwards contrary counter die droop dry up emotion go helpless in return lack oppose opposition resist shrivel

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

191 translations across 60 languages.

Ancient Greek

3 entries

μαραίνομαι verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
μαραίνω verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
ἰσχναίνω verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)

Arabic

1 entries

صَعَقَ verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Armenian

1 entries

թառամել verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Aromanian

1 entries

vishtidzãscu verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Belarusian

1 entries

вя́нуць verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Bikol Central

1 entries

luyos verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изсушавам verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
изсъхвам verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
лине́я verb (to lose vigor or power)
отслабвам verb (to lose vigor or power)

Campidanese Sardinian

4 entries

accalamai verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
allaccanai verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
calamai verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
carigai verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Catalan

4 entries

marcir verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
marcir-se verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
musteir verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
musteir-se verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Chechen

1 entries

маргӏалдола verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

枯萎 verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
謝 /谢 verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Cornish

1 entries

gwedhra verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Czech

4 entries

ochromit verb ((transitive) to make helpless due to emotion)
scvrknout se verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
sesypat se verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)
usychat verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Danish

1 entries

visne verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Dutch

2 entries

verdorren verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
verschrompelen verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Esperanto

2 entries

forvelki verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
velki verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Finnish

4 entries

jähmettyä verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)
jäykistyä verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)
jäykistää verb ((transitive) to make helpless due to emotion)
kuihduttaa verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)

French

3 entries

flétrir verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
se dessécher verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
se faner verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Galician

4 entries

alfar verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
esmirrar verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
mirrar verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
mirrar verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)

German

4 entries

schwinden verb (to lose vigor or power)
schwächer werden verb (to lose vigor or power)
verdorren verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
verkümmern verb (to lose vigor or power)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Greek

3 entries

μαραίνομαι verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
μαραίνω verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
παθαίνω μαρασμό verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)

Hungarian

4 entries

elfonnyad verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
elgyengül verb (to lose vigor or power)
elhervad verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
elhervaszt verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)

Ingrian

1 entries

räytyä verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Italian

4 entries

appassire verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
avvizzire verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
avvizzire verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)
essiccare verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Japanese

1 entries

枯れる verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Korean

1 entries

시들다 verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Latin

2 entries

marceō verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
ārefaciō verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Macedonian

1 entries

венеам verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Malayalam

2 entries

വാടുക verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
വാട്ടുക verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)

Middle English

1 entries

welken verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Mongolian

1 entries

хатах verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Māori

4 entries

kautaka verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
kuruki verb (to lose vigor or power)
taero verb (to lose vigor or power)
whakamaroke verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

unyaya verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

çilmisandin verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
çilmisîn verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Occitan

3 entries

se marcir verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
se passir verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
se tressecar verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Old English

2 entries

clingan verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
sēarian verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

قورومق verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
ییتمك verb (to lose vigor or power)

Persian

4 entries

افسرده شدن verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)
افسرده کردن verb ((transitive) to make helpless due to emotion)
پژمردن verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
پژمرده کردن verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)

Polish

1 entries

więdnąć verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Portuguese

4 entries

decair verb ((transitive) to make helpless due to emotion)
mirrar verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
mirrar-se verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
murchar murchar-se verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Romanian

4 entries

ofili verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
ofili verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)
ofili verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
ofili verb ((transitive) to make helpless due to emotion)

Russian

4 entries

вя́нуть verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
завя́нуть verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
засо́хнуть verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
со́хнуть verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Sanskrit

1 entries

शुष्यति verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Sardinian

4 entries

allaccanàre verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
alleventare verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
allizare verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
carigare verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Sassarese

2 entries

allaccanà verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
appassì verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

sahnuti verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
venuti verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Slovene

2 entries

uveneti verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
veneti verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Spanish

4 entries

ahajar verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
ajar verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)
ajarse verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
decaer verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)

Swahili

1 entries

kukauka verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Swedish

4 entries

förtorka verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
förtvina verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
torka ut verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
torka ut verb ((transitive) to cause to shrivel or dry up)

Tamil

1 entries

வாடு verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Thai

3 entries

เหี่ยว verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
เหี่ยวเฉา verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
เหี่ยวแห้ง verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Tocharian B

1 entries

klaiks verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Turkish

3 entries

kurumak verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
solmak verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
solmak verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎃𐎗𐎁 verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Ukrainian

2 entries

в'я́нути verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
зав'я́нути verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Vietnamese

2 entries

héo verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
úa verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Welsh

4 entries

crebachu verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
crebachu verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)
crino verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
dihoeni verb ((intransitive) to become helpless due to emotion)

Yup'ik

1 entries

nala verb ((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Oh luck! Like the moon, you steadily change, you always grow and then wither again.

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If you don't water the plants, they will wither.

Source: tatoeba (1008799)

A mystery disease caused the grapes to wither on the vine.

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When I have plucked thy rose, I cannot give it vital growth again. It must needs wither.

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