withered; withering
                                     
    
            
        
    ˈwit͟h-riŋ,
                                        ˈwi-t͟hə- 1
                    
                                          
              
          
                                                      : to become dry and sapless                                      
                
                                
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                                                      : to shrivel from or as if from loss of bodily moisture                                      
            
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                                                      : to lose vitality, force, or freshness                                      
              
                             
public support for the bill is withering
                         
                
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                                                      : to cause to wither                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : to make speechless or incapable of action : stun                                      
              
                             
withered him with a look— Dorothy Sayers
Dorothy Sayers
                         
                
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