Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

withered

/ˈwɪðɚd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: with-ered
IPA: /ˈwɪðɚd/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.

verb

simple past and past participle of wither

Example Sentences

"Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was."
"Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwɪðɚd/
British English: /ˈwɪðəd/

Inflected Forms

more withered (comparative) most withered (superlative)

Synonyms

sear sere shriveled shrivelled shrunken wizen wizened dried-up

Questions

How do you pronounce withered?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪðɚd/.
What does withered mean?: Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.

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