Withered

/ˈwɪðɚd/

Synonyms for "withered" (125 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Adjective(6 words)

shrivelled blighted debilitate depleted desiccated diminish

adust anile atrophied attenuated baked brittle burnt cadaverous consumed corky corpselike crabbed debilitated decrepit dehydrated desiccated doddered doddering

Noun(1 words)

die back

Strong matches (38)

doddery drieddried updried-up emacerated emaciate emaciated evaporated exsiccated feeble fossilized gerontal gerontic haggardhollow eyedhollow-eyed infirm jejune marantic marasmic

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mossbackedmoth eatenmoth-eaten mummified mummylike palsied papery papery-skinned parched

Adjective(8 words)

dried dried-updry upexhausted fade feeble nonliving parched

Adjective(1 words)

drunk

Related words (62)

parchmenty peaked peaky pinched poor preshrunk punyravaged with agericketyrun to seedrusty sanforized scorched sear seared senile sere shaky shriveledshriveled up

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shrunk shrunken skeletal stale starved starvelingstricken in yearssun-dried sunbaked tabetic tabid thin timeworn tottering tottery underfed undernourished wastedwasted awayweak weazened weazeny wilted wind-dried wizen wizen-faced wizened wraithlike wrinkled

Adjective(12 words)

ruin sear sere shrivel shriveled shrunken stunt wan wane wither wizen wizened

Noun(1 words)

serer

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More general

7 entries

emotional statefigurative changephysical conditionphysical stateplant conditionstate changetransitive verb

More specific

10 entries

dehydratedesiccated fruitdry upfade scorch shrivelshrivelled leafwan expressionwaneweary look

Collocations

9 entries

withered fruitwithered landscapewithered leaveswithered plant tissuewithered skinwithered stemswithering criticismwithering glancewithering heat

Inflections

4 entries

more witheredmost witheredwithering withers

Derivations

3 entries

wither withering witheringly

similar

3 entries

dry lean thin

Sample sentences

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Curiously, a flower bloomed on the withered up tree.

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The flowers withered up.

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The plants withered because they had no water.

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The crops have withered.

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