Synonyms for withering


Grammar : Adj
Spell : with-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪð ər


Définition of withering

Origin :
  • 1530s, alteration of Middle English wydderen "dry up, shrivel" (c.1300), apparently a differentiated and special use of wederen "to expose to weather" (see weather). Cf. German verwittern "to become weather-beaten," from Witter "weather."
  • adj shriveling
  • adj devastating
Example sentences :
  • "That's Episcopal," Pee-wee said with withering superiority!
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • The hair was sandy; half of it had been burned to the scalp in a withering flame.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • They seem to see the withering effect of criticism on original genius.
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • But to his field repaired each day to view his withering crop.
  • Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
  • The elaborate sarcasm of these questions was intended to be withering.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • As for me, the garden of my mind is withering, and I am consuming the seed I ought to sow.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • As he laid over he saw the withering fire on the runway lift.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • You 'll be charmed with Withering, he has such a fund of agreeability.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • Be it so, Mr. Withering; but prejudice is only another word for an instinct.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • Withering arrived at his own door just as Barrington drove up to it.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

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