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Withered

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Definitions for Withered

adjective
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
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Examples
  1. the old woman's shriveled skin
  2. he looked shriveled and ill
  3. a shrunken old man
  4. a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
  5. he did well despite his withered arm
  6. a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
adjective
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
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Examples
  1. dried-up grass
  2. the desert was edged with sere vegetation
  3. shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
  4. withered vines
verb
wither, as with a loss of moisture
Synonyms
shrivel shrivel up shrink wither
Examples
  1. The fruit dried and shriveled
verb
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
Synonyms
Examples
  1. Her bloom was fading

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