Definition of Withered

Withered

of Wither

Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.

Related Definitions:

Away, Dried, Faded, Of, Shriveled, Up, Wasted, Wither

Withered Quotations

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
Chanakya

My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane.
Robert Frost

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.
Charles Spurgeon

Conjugal love, or the friendship of spouses, can persist even after sexual desires have weakened, withered, and disappeared.
Mortimer Adler

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
Graham Greene

We thrust our fingers into our ears to stop its moan; but it was no good; the cry cut like a drill into our heads, dragging minutes into hours, hours into years. We withered and grew old between those cries.
Ernst Toller

There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.
Auberon Herbert

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Withered Translations

withered in Latin is vietus
withered in Spanish is marchito

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