Synonyms for wither
ˈwɪð ərwith·er

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1. wither

   Die, to go out of life, become destitute of vital power and action, is figuratively applied to anything which has the appearance of life.

   Where the dying night-lamp flickers.

   Tennyson Locksley Hall st. 40.

   An echo, a strain of music, a tempest, a topic, an issue, dies. Expire (literally, to breathe out) is a softer word for die; it is used figuratively of things that cease to exist by reaching a natural limit; as, a lease expires; the time has expired. To perish (literally, in Latin, to go through, as in English we say, "the fire goes out") is oftenest used of death by privation or exposure; as, "I perish with hunger," Luke xv, 17; sometimes, of death by violence. Knowledge and fame, art and empires, may be said to perish; the word denotes utter destruction and decay.

   Synonyms:
   cease, decease, decline, depart, die, expire, fade, perish

   Antonyms:
   be born, be immortal, begin, come into being, come to life, exist, flourish, grow, live, rise again, rise from the dead, survive

   Preposition:
   To die of fever; by violence; rarely, with the sword, famine, etc. (Ezek. vii, 15); to die for one's country; to die at sea; in one's bed; in agony; die to the world.

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1. wither

   Synonyms:
   shrivel, dry, collapse, shrink, blast, blight

   Antonyms:
   swell, grow, freshen, luxuriate, wanton, refresh, expand, develop

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1. shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, witherverb

   wither, as with a loss of moisture

   "The fruit dried and shriveled"

   Synonyms:
   shrink, wince, shrivel, fade, flinch, recoil, shrivel up, squinch, quail, contract, reduce, funk, cringe

2. fade, witherverb

   lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

   "Her bloom was fading"

   Synonyms:
   melt, languish, evanesce, shrivel, fade, pass off, shrivel up, fleet, shrink, blow over, pass

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1. • Decrease
   • Disappear

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1. witherverb

   Synonyms:
   shrivel, dry, dry up, lose freshness

2. witherverb

   Synonyms:
   waste, decay, droop, languish, pine away, waste away

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1. List of paraphrases for "wither":

   wilt

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How to use wither in a sentence?

1. Lord Tennyson:

   I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

2. John Peter Altgeld:

   Freedom of thought and freedom of speech in our great institutions are absolutely necessary for the preservation of our country. The moment either is restricted, liberty begins to wither and die...

3. Michael Avenatti:

   I can't allow it to eat me up, because otherwise, you know, I might as well just do, I guess, the crawl into a fetal position and wither away.

4. Bill Gross:

   They should, but their September meeting language must be so careful, that 'one and done' represents an increasing possibility – at least for the next six months, the Fed is beginning to recognize that 6 years of zero bound interest rates have negative influences on the real economy – it destroys historical business models essential to capitalism such as pension funds, insurance companies, and the willingness to save money itself. If savings wither then so too does its Siamese Twin – investment – and with it, long-term productivity, the decline of which we have seen not just in the U.S. but worldwide.

5. Gene Roddenberry:

   A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.