Withering w ih dh ax r ih ng
To make someone feel humiliated
to lose the freshness of youth, as from age (often followed by away).
I gave Jack a withering look
Noun
The action of becoming dry and shrivelled
Adjective
To make someone feel mortified or humiliated
Synonyms for withering on Thesaurus.com
wrinkle
shrink
dry
decline
languish
droop
waste
humiliate
shame
Dictionary Entries near withering
white yolk, whitey wood, white zinfandel, whithering, whitherso, whithersoever, whitherto
First known use
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, perhaps variant of weather (verb)
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