WITHERED
Dictionary entry overview: What does withered mean?
• WITHERED (adjective)
The adjective WITHERED has 2 senses:
1. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
2. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Familiarity information: WITHERED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WITHERED (adjective)
Meaning:
Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Synonyms:
shrunken; withered; wizen; wizened; shriveled; shrivelled
Context examples:
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 / he did well despite his withered arm / a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
Similar:
lean; thin (lacking excess flesh)
Meaning:
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Synonyms:
shrivelled; shriveled; sere; sear; dried-up; withered
Context examples:
dried-up grass / the desert was edged with sere vegetation / shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings / withered vines
Similar:
dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)
Domain category:
botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)
