All withering synonyms
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- contemptuous β If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
- scornful β full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- sarcastic β of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- sneering β to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
- arrogant β Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.
- crushing β A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- dismissive β indicating dismissal or rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from one's presence or from consideration: a curt, dismissive gesture.
- disdainful β full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- decaying β rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing
- drooping β to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- fading β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- shrinking β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- wilting β to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower; wither.
- devastating β If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
- annihilating β to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.
- annihilative β Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
- destructive β Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
noun withering
- putridity β in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
- caries β Caries is decay in teeth.
- bony β Someone who has a bony face or bony hands, for example, has a very thin face or very thin hands, with very little flesh covering their bones.
- marasmus β malnutrition occurring in infants and young children, caused by insufficient intake of calories or protein and characterized by thinness, dry skin, poor muscle development, and irritability.
- putrescence β becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- gangrene β necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- spoilage β the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
- contraction β When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- blight β You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things.
- desiccation β Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- rottenness β decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- fungus β any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.
- decay β When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- undernourished β not nourished with sufficient or proper food to maintain or promote health or normal growth.
- infestation β the act of infesting; state of being infested.
- anorexia β Anorexia or anorexia nervosa is an illness in which a person has an overwhelming fear of becoming fat, and so refuses to eat enough and becomes thinner and thinner.
- fungi β a taxonomic kingdom, or in some classification schemes a division of the kingdom Plantae, comprising all the fungus groups and sometimes also the slime molds.
- haggardness β having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
- skinnier β very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
- emaciation β The state of being abnormally thin or weak.
- tabes β a gradually progressive emaciation.
- putrefaction β the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.