Thesaurus / wither
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Left to fight a losing battle in the Republican Party, as the recent CPAC confirmed, the withering pro-democracy faction is up against frightening odds.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY CAN'T SURVIVE UNLESS THE FAR RIGHT IS MARGINALIZED. HERE'S HOW TO DO ITLEE DRUTMANMARCH 19, 2021TIMEThe brass blade won’t rust or wear down and it won’t scratch your windshield wither.
BEST ICE SCRAPER: HASSLE-FREE WAYS TO GET RID OF SNOW AND ICEPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 26, 2021POPULAR SCIENCEThe story he remembers hearing is that his grandfather wanted his father to become a partner in crime, but his dad refused, and their relationship withered.
HE KNEW HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A MOB BOSS. BUT WAS THAT THE WHOLE STORY?JOE HEIMFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe companies are not, of course, planning on withering away any time soon.
OIL COMPANIES’ LOSSES IN 2020 WERE STAGGERING. AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON CLIMATE CHANGE.WILL ENGLUNDFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe has also unleashed withering dissents of weak enforcement actions and has been unafraid to go it alone.
THE RETURN OF THE REGULATORSBY JESSE EISINGERFEBRUARY 2, 2021PROPUBLICAHow long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSIn those glooms the sinews of mental energy wither with dying hope.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTThen I shall wither in single blessedness; I shall be unhappily not married instead of unhappily married.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATERNever let another child strike the boy, for that child would at once wither and die.
STORIES THE IROQUOIS TELL THEIR CHILDRENMABEL POWERSShould I leave this incomparable flower to wither unseen on these rough mountains?
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, VOLUME XXIROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 23, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO WITHER
- abate
- attenuate
- clear
- decline
- deliquesce
- deteriorate
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- dim
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- disappear
- disperse
- dissolve
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- evaporate
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- fail
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- fold
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- melt
- melt away
- moderate
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- sink
- slack off
- taper
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- tire
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- abase
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- base
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- conquer
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- desire
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- flag
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- long
- pine
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- rot
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- sorrows
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- wastes
- wastes away
- weakens
- wilts
- withers
- yearns
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