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withering adjective

  • Tending to make someone feel small; scornful in a mortifying way.
iemand het zwijgen opleggen
  • Diminishing rapidly.
verbleken, verleppen
  • Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm, or cause complete destruction.
verdorren, vernietigen, verwelken

wither verb

  /ˈwɪðə/ , /ˈwɪðɚ/
  • (intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
verschrompelen

withers noun

  /ˈwɪð.əz/ , /ˈwɪð.ɚz/
  • The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. [from 1580]
schoft
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