Withering is valid Scrabble Word

Is withering a scrabble word?
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9 letters word
16 points in Scrabble
17 points in WWF

Definitions for WITHERING in dictionary:

VERB:

(of a plant) become dry and shrivelled
(of a part of the body) become shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease
fall into decay or decline
cause to decline or deteriorate; weaken
(of the state in Marxist theory) cease to exist because no longer necessary after the dictatorship of the proletariat has implemented the necessary changes in society
humiliate (someone) with a scornful look or manner

NOUN:

the act of withering
any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

ADJECTIVE:

of criticism, severe
Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade.

wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
making light of

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to dry up and wilt

Words related to WITHERING

wither12 withered15 witheringly21 witherings17 withers13

Words that contain WITHERING

swithering17 witherings17 unwithering18 witheringly21

How to use WITHERING in a sentence

Lightning, in immense sheets, withering eye and soul, burned from the zenith to the ground, and marked its track by forests on flame, and the shattered summits of hills.
Oh! for that sympathetic glow! Ah! what withering phantoms glare! PART III.
From three sides the Indians poured into the camp a withering fire.
All, all fall alike before the withering breath of consumption.
I am aware of all that can be said about roses fading, and cheeks withering, and lips growing thin and pale.
It was as though a withering blight had touched it.
The dew of peace fell on his parched soul, and the withering flower of human love raised its head again.
Withering of the leaves is another sign of irregularity in water supply.
June had cast its withering smile upon the San Gregorio and the green hills had turned to a parched brown.
This was carried out with parade-like precision in face of a most withering rifle and machine-gun fire, out of which scarcely half a dozen of those brave fellows returned.

The clouds of snow suffocated them, and the cold was withering.
It had occurred to her that she might add another perfectly withering verse to that poem.
Ever and always the trees are hung with fruits, and never comes the withering of the leaf.
But he was met by a withering volley, and knew it must have come from enemies.
If they had any fears, these were hushed, for surely the mother-country was powerful enough to shelter them from the withering blasts of war.
True friendship is no gourd, springing in a night and withering in a day.
Marines began to drop on all sides, cut down by the withering fire.
You would find it unendurable to see her withering away day by day, with no prospect before her but a hopeless death.
And the sensation was intolerable, had something of the withering horror that may be conceived as following upon the utter extinction of all hope.
Show him the garlands of the present and the past, withering at the touch of the Erinnys in the future.
On came the Italians in spite of the withering fire of the Austrian infantry and the still more deadly execution of the great guns, which mowed them down by the hundreds.
When thou away didst go, Away from this tree of ours, The withering winds did blow, And dried up all the flowers.
The stranger, in return, cast a withering glance on the king, and stood in his presence with form erect and fearless.
VII Tidings from Sue a day or two after passed across Jude like a withering blast.
After their time the tender plant was always in danger of being stunted or killed by the withering blast of philosophical criticism.
Men withering away for fear and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world.
It seemed to her that black and withering years rolled over her head before he could bring himself to rise to take his departure.

Similar words containing WITHER without suffix ing

wither12 swither13 withers13 swithers14 withered15 witherer14 witherod15 swithered16 witherers15 witherite15 witherods16 swithering17 unwithered17 witherings17 witherites16 unwithering18 witheringly21 withershins20 witheredness19 witherednesses21

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