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Definition of withering : 1. of Wither
2. Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.

Synonyms:

destructive, annihilative, devastating, disrespectful, annihilating, atrophy, wasting away, wasting

compressing, abbreviating, deflating, condensing, contracting, shrinking, abridging, compacting, squeezing

drying, desiccating, swabbing, stanching, pumping out, catheterizing, evaporating, blotting, draining, emptying, wiping, parching, mopping, dehumidifying, wringing out, sucking dry, vaporizing, dehydrating

disagreeable, unbearable, anguishing, horrendous, acute, besetting, bothersome, hurtful, wrenching, severe, gnawing, miserable, insufferable, offensive, odious, cramping, bitter, excruciating, aggravating, throbbing, tormenting, torturing, unpleasant, biting, piercing, cruel, annoying, aching, woeful, painful, grievous, irksome, trying, troublesome, smarting, oppressive, harrowing, arduous, irritating, stinging, sore, crushing, burdensome, agonizing, chafing, stabbing, uncomfortable, cutting, distressful, grueling, inflaming

fading, reverting, mouldering, atrophying, downgrading, regressing, degenerating, going downhill, ebbing, putrefying, sliding, getting worse, slumping, sinking, decaying, relapsing, falling apart, retrogressing, collapsing, wilting, waning, slipping, worsening, lapsing, deteriorating, declining, dilapidating, tergiversating

Usage examples:

• " You'd take the word of a nasty Indian against my uncle, or any white man, I can see that," said Elsie, in withering scorn. - "The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop", Hamlin Garland.
• The dew of peace fell on his parched soul, and the withering flower of human love raised its head again. - "The Blue Flower, and Others", Henry van Dyke.
• " Another time," said her ladyship, turning tragically to her son, and then withering her lord. - "Lady Maude's Mania", George Manville Fenn.