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withering

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with·er·ing  (wr-ng)
adj.
Tending to overwhelm or destroy; devastating: withering sarcasm.
wither·ing·ly adv.
withering
Adjective
(of a look or remark) extremely scornful
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Noun1.withering - any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
atrophy
weakening - becoming weaker
Adj.1.withering - wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
annihilating, annihilative, devastating
destructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"
2.withering - making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
devastating, annihilating
disrespectful - exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"
withering
adjective scornful, blasting, devastating, humiliating, snubbing, blighting, hurtful, mortifying


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The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere -- The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of my most immemorial year: It was hard by the dim lake of Auber, In the misty mid region of Weir: -- It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Fifteen or twenty tulips, torn and crushed, were lying about, some of them bent, others completely broken and already withering, the sap oozing from their bleeding bulbs: how gladly would Van Baerle have redeemed that precious sap with his own blood!
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
All existence seemed to beat with a lower pulse than her own, and her religious faith was a solitary cry, the struggle out of a nightmare in which every object was withering and shrinking away from her.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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