9 Letter Words for Withering
withering, wrightine
8 Letter Words for Withering
inweight, thingier, wrething, writhing
7 Letter Words for Withering
enright, heiring, igniter, inherit, nighter, nightie, righten, ringite, tiering, tigrine, twinier, twiring, weighin, weiring, whinger, whinier, whitier, whiting, wingier, withier, withing, writhen, writing
6 Letter Words for Withering
engirt, girnie, greith, heting, hewing, hieing, hinger, hinter, hiring, ignite, ingirt, intire, inwith, inwrit, nigher, nither, rewing, tewing, theirn, thring, tiewig, tinger, tinier, tiring, twiner, twinge, weight, wering, whiner, whinge, whiten, whiter, whitin, wigher, winger, winier, winter, wiring, withen, wither, within, witing, wright, wrihte, writhe
5 Letter Words for Withering
ehing, eight, ering, ewing, genii, genit, giher, girth, grein, greit, grewt, grint, grith, gwine, hinge, hiren, inert, inger, inter, inwit, iring, ither, neigh, niger, night, niter, regin, reign, renig, retin, rewin, rewth, rhein, rhine, right, ringe, rithe, thegn, thein, their, thine, thing, threw, tiger, tinge, tingi, trine, twier, twine, weigh, whein, whine, whing, white, wight, winer, witen, withe, wring, write, writh
4 Letter Words for Withering
eigh, engr, entr, erin, erth, gein, geir, geit, gent, gien, gire, giri, girn, girt, gite, gith, gren, gret, grew, grin, grit, heii, heir, heng, hent, hern, hert, hewt, higi, hine, hing, hint, hire, init, inti, intr, iter, neth, neti, newt, nigh, regt, rein, reit, rent, rgen, rhet, rine, ring, rite, tehr, teng, tern, then, thew, thig, thin, thir, tien, tier, tige, tine, ting, tire, trew, trie, trig, trin, twie, twig, twin, weir, went, weri, wert, when, whet, whig, whin, whir, whit, wine, wing, wint, wire, wite, with, wren, wrig, writ, wrnt
3 Letter Words for Withering
eir, eng, erg, ern, ert, eth, ewt, gen, ger, get, gie, gin, git, gte, hei, hen, her, het, hew, hgt, hie, hin, hir, hit, hwt, ign, ihi, ing, int, ire, neg, nei, net, new, nie, nig, nit, nth, reg, reh, rei, rew, rhe, rie, rig, rin, rit, rte, rti, rtw, teg, ten, ter, tew, tgn, the, tie, tig, tin, tng, tri, twi, wen, wer, wet, whr, wig, win, wir, wit
Definitions for Withering
[1] to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
[2] to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often followed by away ).
[3] to make flaccid, shrunken, or dry, as from loss of moisture; cause to lose freshness, bloom, vigor, etc.: The drought withered the buds.
[4] to affect harmfully: Reputations were withered by the scandal.
[5] to abash, as by a scathing glance: a look that withered him.
[6] (intr) (esp of a plant) to droop, wilt, or shrivel up
[7] (intr often foll by away ) to fade or waste all hope withered away
[8] (intr) to decay, decline, or disintegrate
[9] (tr) to cause to wilt, fade, or lose vitality
[10] (tr) to abash, esp with a scornful look
[11] (tr) to harm or damage
Words related to Withering
witherdrooping, shrinking, fading, decaying, wilting, destructive
Words nearby Withering
witherwithdrawing room, withdrawn, withdrew, withe, withe rod, wither, wither on the vine, witherite, withers, withershins, witherspoon
Origin of Withering
1250–1300; Middle English, perhaps variant of weather (v.)
Words that may be confused with Withering
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, witherweather, whether, whither, wither, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry), whither, wither
Other words from Withering
with·ered·ness , noun
with·er·er , noun
with·er·ing·ly , adverb
non·with·er·ing , adjective
o·ver·with·ered , adjective
un·with·ered , adjective
un·with·er·ing , adjective
Word origin for Withering
C14: perhaps variant of weather (vb); related to German verwittern to decay
Synonyms for Withering
decaying, drooping, fading, shrinking, wilting
