withering

Meaning

1. Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm, or cause complete destruction.
2. Diminishing rapidly.
3. Tending to make someone feel small; scornful in a mortifying way.
4. present participle and gerund of wither
5. The process by which something withers.
6. A surname.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English wither English -ing English withering From wither + -ing.

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