withered English

Meaning withered meaning

What does withered mean?

withered

— adjective (= shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, wizen, wizened) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness the old woman's shriveled skin he looked shriveled and ill a shrunken old man a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws — W.F.Starkie he did well despite his withered arm a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair

— adjective (= dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture dried-up grass the desert was edged with sere vegetation shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings withered vines

Synonyms withered synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as withered?

withered English » English

faded

wilted

shrivelled

shriveled

dried up

dry

wizened

wizen

exhausted

sear

parched

old

lean

decayed

weak

sere

rotten

drooping

dried-up

wrinkled

wearish

shrunken

expended

emaciated

dried

worn out

wither

wilt

used up

undeveloped

tarnished

skinny

sickly

shriveldy

shrimped

sapless

run dry

rumpled

rugose

roots

pale

numb

moist

misshapen

marcid

lank

hardened

fallen

fainted

faint

Topics withered topics

What do people use withered to talk about?

Universe, creation Water Wet

Dry

• What words describe something that is dry?
  dry (adj) dry as a bone bone-dry arid waterless parched dehydrated desiccated dried evaporated sere withered

Person Healthy

Disabled

• What words refer to being disabled?
  be disabled have special needs be crippled be lame be paralyzed have a withered arm

Person Healthy Disabled

Birth defect

• What kinds of abnormalities are there?
  albino bowlegged flatfooted humpbacked withered arm shrunken arm harelip cleft palate cerebral palsy Downs syndrome club-footed