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Best answers for Withering – Crossword Clue


Answer: shriveling


Clue Length Answer
Withering4 letterskeen
  1. Definition: 1. having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"

Withering4 letterstart
  1. Definition: 1. a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust

Withering4 lettersacid
  1. Definition: 1. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Withering5 lettersfatal
  1. Definition: 1. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"

Withering5 lettersacrid
  1. Definition: 1. harsh or corrosive in tone;

Withering5 letterswaste
  1. Definition: 1. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

Withering5 lettersacerb
  1. Definition: 1. sour or bitter in taste

Withering5 letterssharp
  1. Definition: 1. having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"

Withering6 letterspining
  1. Definition: 1. a feeling of deep longing

Withering6 letterseffete
  1. Definition: 1. marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

Withering6 lettersdeadly
  1. Definition: 1. involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"

Withering6 lettersdrying
  1. Definition: 1. remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"

Withering6 lettersebbing
  1. Definition: 1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

Withering6 lettersbitter
  1. Definition: 1. marked by strong resentment or cynicism;

Withering6 lettersfading
  1. Definition: 1. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

Withering6 lettersbiting
  1. Definition: 1. cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"

Withering6 letterssnooty
  1. Definition: 1. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"

Withering6 letterswaning
  1. Definition: 1. a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon"

Withering6 lettersacidic
  1. Definition: 1. being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)

Withering6 letterssnobby
  1. Definition: 1. befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

Withering6 letterssnotty
  1. Definition: 1. dirty with nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids"

Withering6 letterssniffy
  1. Definition: 1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

Withering7 letterssinking

    Withering7 letterscutting
    1. Definition: 1. record a performance on (a medium); "cut a record"

    Withering7 letterswastage
    1. Definition: 1. anything lost by wear or waste

    Withering7 letterswasting
    1. Definition: 1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"

    Withering7 lettersdoomful
    1. Definition: 1. Full of condemnation or destructive power.

    Withering7 lettersfailing
    1. Definition: 1. judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"

    Withering7 letterswilting

      Withering7 lettersfateful

        Withering7 lettersruining
        1. Definition: 1. fall into ruin

        Withering7 lettersruinous
        1. Definition: 1. causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war"

        Withering7 lettersmordant
        1. Definition: 1. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

        Withering7 letterssliding
        1. Definition: 1. move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

        Withering7 letterssearing
        1. Definition: 1. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"

        Withering7 lettershaughty
        1. Definition: 1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

        Withering7 letterstabetic

          Withering7 lettersfalling

            Withering7 lettersbaneful

              Withering7 lettersacerbic
              1. Definition: 1. harsh or corrosive in tone;

              Withering7 letterscaustic
              1. Definition: 1. any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

              Withering7 lettersatrophy
              1. Definition: 1. undergo atrophy; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy"

              Withering8 lettersslipping

                Withering8 lettersflagging

                  Withering8 lettersslumping

                    Withering8 letterssneering
                    1. Definition: 1. expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

                    Withering8 lettersarrogant
                    1. Definition: 1. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

                    Withering8 letterspiercing

                      Withering8 letterssnobbish
                      1. Definition: 1. befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

                      Withering8 lettersscornful
                      1. Definition: 1. expressing extreme contempt

                      Withering8 lettersclannish
                      1. Definition: 1. befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

                      Withering8 lettersnihilist
                      1. Definition: 1. someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief

                      Withering8 lettersparching

                        Withering8 lettersravaging
                        1. Definition: 1. plundering with excessive damage and destruction

                        Withering8 lettersscathing
                        1. Definition: 1. marked by harshly abusive criticism; "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"; "her vituperative railing"

                        Withering8 lettersdrooping

                          Withering8 letterscliquish
                          1. Definition: 1. befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

                          Withering8 lettersincisive
                          1. Definition: 1. suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"

                          Withering8 lettersstabbing

                            Withering8 lettersdraining

                              Withering8 lettersthinning

                                Withering8 letterssuicidal

                                  Withering8 lettersvandalic

                                    Withering8 lettersacerbate

                                      Withering8 lettersdecadent
                                      1. Definition: 1. a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)

                                      Withering8 letterswasteful
                                      1. Definition: 1. laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare

                                      Withering8 lettersstinging

                                        Withering8 letterstoplofty

                                          Withering8 letterscracking
                                          1. Definition: 1. pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

                                          Withering8 lettersdrainage
                                          1. Definition: 1. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

                                          Withering9 lettersdwindling

                                            Withering9 lettersacidulent

                                              Withering9 lettersvandalish

                                                Withering9 lettersscorching
                                                1. Definition: 1. become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"

                                                Withering9 lettersworsening

                                                  Withering9 letterscorrosive
                                                  1. Definition: 1. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

                                                  Withering9 letterscrumbling

                                                    Withering9 lettersdeclining

                                                      Withering9 letterscorroding

                                                        Withering9 lettersdrying-up

                                                          Withering9 letterstrenchant
                                                          1. Definition: 1. clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"

                                                          Withering9 lettersconsuming
                                                          1. Definition: 1. use up (resources or materials);

                                                          Withering9 lettersacidulous
                                                          1. Definition: 1. being sour to the taste

                                                          Withering9 letterssubsiding

                                                            Withering9 lettersexclusive
                                                            1. Definition: 1. excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops"

                                                            Withering9 lettersshrinking

                                                              Withering9 lettersshrinkage
                                                              1. Definition: 1. the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"

                                                              Withering10 letterssubversive
                                                              1. Definition: 1. a radical supporter of political or social revolution

                                                              Withering10 letterscalamitous
                                                              1. Definition: 1. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"

                                                              Withering10 lettersretrograde
                                                              1. Definition: 1. of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma

                                                              Withering10 lettersair-drying

                                                                Withering10 lettersregressive

                                                                  Withering10 lettersnihilistic
                                                                  1. Definition: 1. of or relating to nihilism

                                                                  Withering10 lettersdisdainful

                                                                    Withering10 lettersshriveling

                                                                      Withering10 lettersdisastrous
                                                                      1. Definition: 1. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"

                                                                      Withering10 lettersdestroying

                                                                        Withering10 lettersdegenerate
                                                                        1. Definition: 1. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

                                                                        Withering10 lettersdesolating

                                                                          Withering10 lettersinsolation

                                                                            Withering10 lettersemaciation

                                                                              Withering10 lettersmarcescent

                                                                                Withering10 lettersmordacious

                                                                                  Withering11 lettersdevastating

                                                                                    Withering11 lettersmarcescence

                                                                                      Withering11 letterscataclysmic
                                                                                      1. Definition: 1. severely destructive; "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"

                                                                                      Withering11 lettersanhydration

                                                                                        Withering11 letterssanforizing

                                                                                          Withering11 lettersacrimonious
                                                                                          1. Definition: 1. marked by strong resentment or cynicism;

                                                                                          Withering11 letterstoploftical

                                                                                            Withering11 lettersdemolishing

                                                                                              Withering11 lettersdehydration
                                                                                              1. Definition: 1. the process of extracting moisture

                                                                                              Withering11 lettersvandalistic

                                                                                                Withering11 lettersdepredatory

                                                                                                  Withering11 letterspenetrating
                                                                                                  1. Definition: 1. make one's way deeper into or through; "The hikers did not manage to penetrate the dense forest"

                                                                                                  Withering11 lettersdesiccation

                                                                                                    Withering11 lettersdestructive
                                                                                                    1. Definition: 1. causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

                                                                                                    Withering11 lettersemaceration

                                                                                                      Withering11 lettersattenuation

                                                                                                        Withering11 lettersfragmenting

                                                                                                          Withering11 lettersevaporation
                                                                                                          1. Definition: 1. the process of extracting moisture

                                                                                                          Withering11 lettersfratricidal

                                                                                                            Withering11 lettersconsumption
                                                                                                            1. Definition: 1. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

                                                                                                            Withering11 lettersinternecine

                                                                                                              Withering11 lettersconsumptive

                                                                                                                Withering11 letterscataclysmal

                                                                                                                  Withering11 letterslanguishing

                                                                                                                    Withering12 lettersvituperative

                                                                                                                      Withering12 letterspreshrinkage

                                                                                                                        Withering12 letterscoming-apart

                                                                                                                          Withering12 letterssupercilious
                                                                                                                          1. Definition: 1. expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

                                                                                                                          Withering12 letterscontemptuous
                                                                                                                          1. Definition: 1. expressing extreme contempt

                                                                                                                          Withering12 letterscontumelious

                                                                                                                            Withering12 letterscatastrophic
                                                                                                                            1. Definition: 1. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action"

                                                                                                                            Withering13 lettersdemolitionary

                                                                                                                              Withering13 lettersdeteriorating

                                                                                                                                Withering13 lettersretrogressive

                                                                                                                                  Withering13 letterssubversionary

                                                                                                                                    Withering13 lettersmummification

                                                                                                                                      Withering14 lettersdisintegrating

                                                                                                                                        Withering15 lettersgoing-to-pieces

                                                                                                                                          Withering16 lettersself-destructive

                                                                                                                                            Withering16 lettersdehumidification


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