Definitions
1.verbTo shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
2.verbTo cause to shrivel or dry up.
3.verbTo lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away.
4.verbTo become helpless due to emotion.
5.verbTo make helpless due to emotion.
6.verbTo go against, resist; oppose.
7.nounThe process by which something withers.
8.adjectiveTending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm or cause complete destruction."The D-Day troops came under withering fire."
9.adjectiveDiminishing rapidly."The playboy seemed oblivious to his withering fortune as he continued in his decadent lifestyle."
10.adjectiveTending to make someone feel small; scornful in a mortifying way."He made withering remarks about his adversary."