withered; withering
ˈwit͟h-riŋ,
ˈwi-t͟hə-
1
: to become dry and sapless
especially
: to shrivel from or as if from loss of bodily moisture
2
: to lose vitality, force, or freshness
public support for the bill is withering
1
: to cause to wither
2
: to make speechless or incapable of action : stun
withered him with a look—
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Verb
The plants withered and died.
shortly after the moon landing, interest in the space program withered
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But the chatter never ended, and since the Bucks came away with the title, Milwaukee’s playoff success has continued to wither away.
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The hope was that shaping the environment rather than launching attacks would cause Moscow’s influence to wither.
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The platform has been heavily criticized over the last year by users who’ve said their smart home gadgets have been left to wither as Google moves away from Assistant and focuses on Gemini.
—PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
But the chatter never ended, and since the Bucks came away with the title, Milwaukee’s playoff success has continued to wither away.
—Greg Liodice, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
But previous Daniel Jones models would have withered after such an ugly start and retreated to an all-checkdown menu for the rest of the game.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The hope was that shaping the environment rather than launching attacks would cause Moscow’s influence to wither.
—Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Wither.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wither. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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