withering 音标拼音: [w'ɪðɚɪŋ]
a . 摧毁的,进行干燥处理的
摧毁的,进行乾燥处理的
withering adj 1 :
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction ;
"
possessing annihilative power "; "
a devastating hurricane "; "
the guns opened a withering fire " [
synonym :
{
annihilative }, {
annihilating }, {
devastating },
{
withering }]
2 :
making light of ; "
afire with annihilating invective "; "
a devastating portrait of human folly "; "
to compliments inflated I '
ve a withering reply "-
W .
S .
Gilbert [
synonym :
{
annihilating }, {
devastating }, {
withering }]
n 1 :
any weakening or degeneration (
especially through lack of use ) [
synonym : {
atrophy }, {
withering }]
Wither \
With "
er \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Withered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Withering }.] [
OE .
wideren ;
probably the same word as wederen to weather (
see {
Weather },
v . &
n .);
or cf .
G .
verwittern to decay ,
to be weather -
beaten ,
Lith .
vysti to wither .]
[
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1 .
To fade ;
to lose freshness ;
to become sapless ;
to become sapless ;
to dry or shrivel up .
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Shall he hot pull up the roots thereof ,
and cut off the fruit thereof ,
that it wither ? --
Ezek .
xvii .
9 .
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2 .
To lose or want animal moisture ;
to waste ;
to pin ?
away ,
as animal bodies .
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This is man ,
old ,
wrinkled ,
faded ,
withered . --
Shak .
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There was a man which had his hand withered . --
Matt .
xii .
10 .
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Now warm in love ,
now with '
ring in the grave .
--
Dryden .
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3 .
To lose vigor or power ;
to languish ;
to pass away . "
Names that must not wither ." --
Byron .
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States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane .
--
Cowper .
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Withering \
With "
er *
ing \,
a .
Tending to wither ;
causing to shrink or fade . --
{
With "
er *
ing *
ly },
adv .
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142 Moby Thesaurus words for "
withering ":
Sanforizing ,
acerb ,
acerbate ,
acerbic ,
acid ,
acidic ,
acidulent ,
acidulous ,
acrid ,
acrimonious ,
air -
drying ,
anhydration ,
arrogant ,
atrophy ,
attenuation ,
baneful ,
biting ,
bitter ,
calamitous ,
cataclysmal ,
cataclysmic ,
catastrophic ,
caustic ,
clannish ,
cliquish ,
coming apart ,
consuming ,
consumption ,
consumptive ,
contemptuous ,
contumelious ,
corroding ,
corrosive ,
cracking ,
crumbling ,
cutting ,
deadly ,
decadent ,
declining ,
degenerate ,
dehumidification ,
dehydration ,
demolishing ,
demolitionary ,
depredatory ,
desiccation ,
desolating ,
destroying ,
destructive ,
deteriorating ,
devastating ,
disastrous ,
disdainful ,
disintegrating ,
doomful ,
drainage ,
draining ,
drooping ,
drying ,
drying up ,
dwindling ,
ebbing ,
effete ,
emaceration ,
emaciation ,
evaporation ,
exclusive ,
fading ,
failing ,
falling ,
fatal ,
fateful ,
flagging ,
fragmenting ,
fratricidal ,
going to pieces ,
haughty ,
incisive ,
insolation ,
internecine ,
keen ,
languishing ,
marcescence ,
marcescent ,
mordacious ,
mordant ,
mummification ,
nihilist ,
nihilistic ,
parching ,
penetrating ,
piercing ,
pining ,
preshrinkage ,
ravaging ,
regressive ,
retrograde ,
retrogressive ,
ruining ,
ruinous ,
scathing ,
scorching ,
scornful ,
searing ,
self -
destructive ,
sharp ,
shrinkage ,
shrinking ,
shriveling ,
sinking ,
sliding ,
slipping ,
slumping ,
sneering ,
sniffy ,
snobbish ,
snobby ,
snooty ,
snotty ,
stabbing ,
stinging ,
subsiding ,
subversionary ,
subversive ,
suicidal ,
supercilious ,
tabetic ,
tart ,
thinning ,
toploftical ,
toplofty ,
trenchant ,
vandalic ,
vandalish ,
vandalistic ,
waning ,
wastage ,
waste ,
wasteful ,
wasting ,
wilting ,
worsening
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