Synonyms for Withering

Synonyms for "withering" (180 found)

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Closest matches (36)

acerb acerbate acerbic acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious air-drying anhydration arrogant atrophy attenuation baneful biting bitter burning calamitous cataclysmal

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cataclysmic catastrophic caustic clannish cliquishcoming apartconsuming consumption consumptive contemptuous contumelious

Adjective(2 words)

annihilating annihilative

Noun(3 words)

atrophy blistering caustic

Strong matches (54)

Related words (90)

fratricidalgoing to pieceshaughty incisive insolation internecine keen languishing marcescence marcescent mordacious mordant mummification nihilist nihilistic parching penetrating piercing pining preshrinkage

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Noun(16 words)

harsh critiqueoppressive parch parching sap scathingscathing remarkscorchingsearing critiqueshrivel shriveling shrivelling wane weaken wilt wilting

Adjective(2 words)

potted plant drynesssere

Verb(2 words)

shriveled wilted

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

15 entries

biological changebiological processclimate condition criticism deterioration disappear evaluation judgmentphysiological changeplant processstate weaken weakeningweather condition

More specific

19 entries

agingblistering suncripplecrushing reviewdevastating critiquefoliar wiltingparch perishsarcastic remarkscathing remarksenescencesevere rebukeshrivelstem shrivelingstunt wane

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Collocations

11 entries

withering awaywithering criticismwithering critiquewithering droughtwithering effectwithering gazewithering heatwithering lookwithering remarkwithering sarcasmwithering scrutiny

Inflections

5 entries

more witheringmost witheringwithered witherings withers

Derivations

4 entries

wither withered witheringly witheringness

similar

2 entries

destructive disrespectful

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Tom finished with a withering burst and won the race by the smallest of margins.

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He turns a withering glance to her.

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His book's onetime ghostwriter now offers a withering critique: "Tom has the attention span and the knowledge base of a hyperactive nine-year-old."

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The flowers are withering.

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