Withered
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwɪðɚd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Withered is an adjective meaning Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
Meaning
Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of wither
Example Sentences
Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.
Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Synonyms for withered
Depending on context, synonyms include sere, lean, thin, dry, wizened, wizen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wizened, wizen, shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, sear.
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