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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
- "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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