withering

English

Etymology

wither +‎ -ing

Adjective

withering (comparative more withering, superlative most withering)

Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction.
The D-Day troops came under withering fire.
Diminishing rapidly.
The playboy seemed oblivious to his withering fortune as he continued in his decadent lifestyle.
Tending to make someone feel small; scornful in a mortifying way.
Jane's mother in law gave her a withering look.

He made withering remarks about his adversary.

Translations

tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction

Dutch: vernietigen (nl), verwelken (nl) ,verdorren (nl)

Finnish: musertava, murskaava (fi)

diminishing rapidly

Dutch: verleppen (nl), verbleken (nl)

Finnish: kuihtuva

tending to make someone feel small

Dutch: iemand het zwijgen opleggen

Finnish: vähättelevä (fi)

Verb

withering

present participle of wither

Noun

withering (plural witherings)

The process by which something withers.
- 1839, William Jenkyn, ‎James Sherman, An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude (page 274)
  Spiritual witherings and decayings are opposite to the word of God.

Anagrams

wrightine

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