Adjective withering has 2 senses
  1. annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering - wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
    Antonym: constructive (indirect, via destructive)
  2. annihilating, devastating, withering - making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
    Antonym: respectful (indirect, via disrespectful)
,Noun withering has 1 sense
  1. atrophy, withering - any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
    --1 is a kind of weakening
    Derived form: verb wither2
,Verb wither has 2 senses
  1. shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither - wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
    --1 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. fade, wither - lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
    --2 is one way to disappear, vanish, go away
    Derived form: noun withering1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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