WITHERING
\wˈɪðəɹɪŋ], \wˈɪðəɹɪŋ], \w_ˈɪ_ð_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of WITHERING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
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making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
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any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
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