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Definition of withered:
Synonyms:
wrinkled, dead, sear, dry, shriveled, sere, wizen, shrivelled, drooping, dried-up, shrunken, wizened, browned, lean, thin.
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deteriorated (part of speech: verb)
- declined,
- faded,
- ebbed,
- putrefied,
- degenerated,
- collapsed,
- got worse,
- worsened,
- regressed,
- lapsed,
- retrogressed,
- went downhill,
- downgraded,
- gotten worse,
- deteriorated,
- fallen apart,
- slumped,
- mouldered,
- slipped,
- dilapidated,
- sank,
- atrophied,
- relapsed,
- slid,
- tergiversated,
- wilted,
- waned,
- decayed,
- reverted,
- sunk,
- fell apart,
- gone downhill
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contracted (part of speech: verb)
- compressed,
- deflated,
- abbreviated,
- squeezed,
- contracted,
- compacted,
- abridged,
- shrunk,
- condensed,
- shrank
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dried (part of speech: verb)
- dried,
- desiccated,
- swabbed,
- stanched,
- pumped out,
- catheterized,
- evaporated,
- blotted,
- drained,
- emptied,
- wiped,
- parched,
- mopped,
- dehumidified,
- wrung out,
- sucked dry,
- vaporized,
- dehydrated
Usage examples:
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From a distance his withered old body, with a fighting shield held in front of it, looked like that of a huge black ant carrying something in its mouth.
- "Child of Storm", H. Rider Haggard. -
And there and then it withered.
- "Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard", Eleanor Farjeon. -
A wild- rose pink was in her withered cheeks under the frank grey eyes.
- "Judith of the Cumberlands", Alice MacGowan.