Withering: alternatives and connections

Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- ofte…

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Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- ofte…

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Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.

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Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

of Weaken

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

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To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry or shrivel up.

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of Annihilate

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Serving to annihilate; destructive.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

of Devastate

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.