withering
افسردگی
definition
verb
the grass had withered to an unappealing brown
(of a plant) become dry and shriveled.
a business that can wither the hardiest ego
cause harm or damage to.
noun
Near the end of November, the villagers saw that there was large-scale withering among their vegetables and they asked the technologists from the town to inspect.
the action of becoming dry and shriveled.
adjective
a withering look
intended to make someone feel mortified or humiliated.
Pan American takes the pound cake for minimalism, and has in the past proven perfect music for driving through desolate landscapes beneath withering heat, or traversing the domain of half-asleepness.
(of heat) intense; scorching.
example
You try to imagine the pattern of failure leading to that receding chin; what negative passion finally gave that peculiar 'withering' of the lips.
As democracy and freedom continue to melt away beneath the 'withering' heat of state-corporate power, it becomes ever more difficult to tell the truth.
But as the national obsession with Hansie's downfall naturally fades away, the 'withering' gaze of the South African sporting public will return to its first love - the country's rugby team.
Near the end of November, the villagers saw that there was large-scale 'withering' among their vegetables and they asked the technologists from the town to inspect.
As he turned to leave under the 'withering' gaze of his disappointed superiors, it was discovered that he had not received the decryption code that accompanied the exercise.
Preparing to send Ikeda a 'withering' glower to conceal the sting that throbbed through him after his partner's slight, Shanza jerked in fright instead when he was interrupted.
What makes the November 14 race different is it will be held in the cool of November instead of in the 'withering' South Carolina heat of Labor Day weekend.
The year is 1908; no Partition trauma to desecrate the dreams, no 'withering' of hope to spike idealism.
But the trend runs deeper than that, for what we are really witnessing, intellectually and morally, is the slow but inexorable 'withering' of progressive, secular humanism.
In contemporary North India, a couple of generations in the 'withering' heat of the Gangetic plains turned the Great Moguls from hardy Turkic warlords into pale princes in petticoats.
Taking on Garvey's mantle, Marley turned increasingly to Africa as his fame grew, addressing apartheid with the same 'withering' scorn as American artists like Stevie Wonder and Gil Scott Heron.
Equally suggestive is her interpretation of Fanon's 'withering' attack upon the postcolonial national bourgeoisie.
The 'withering' of parties and meaningful debate, and the tendency towards managerialism and oligarchy, raise some very serious questions about the future of political life.
Combining foxy irony with 'withering' disdain, McDiarmid presents us with the tragedy of a man for whom the mask has become the face.
The 'withering' of planning permission after two years is causing particular problems in the process.
Unlike those who are rallying behind the president, Vidal retains his 'withering' contempt for the man.
Despite the 'withering' heat of the plains, still clearly to be seen at the foot of the mountain, this is cool trout country.
In many species the flowers are open permanently, whereby the opening period is terminated by a closure movement, or is terminated by petal 'withering' or abscission.
A change in colour was usually followed by wilting / 'withering' of the petals.
Pan American takes the pound cake for minimalism, and has in the past proven perfect music for driving through desolate landscapes beneath 'withering' heat, or traversing the domain of half-asleepness.
But it's Broom, with her self-depreciating good humour and 'withering' disdain for modern materialism, that makes the book so compelling.
Her designs portrayed 'withering' and dying, followed by autumn shades and, finally, a warm, red piece exemplifying how dying is overcome by fashion, design and culture.
When the nails start rusting, they may poison the trees and this may lead to the 'withering' of the trees.
And the group also launched a 'withering' attack on the NFU, claiming it had ‘presided over the collapse of British farming’ by colluding with the Government and big business.
This was marked by ‘de-urbanisation’, the decay of a range of Indus crafts, and the 'withering' of commerce.
Since November 2, the 'withering' contempt of liberals for ordinary Americans has been astonishing.
The reform accord was to have been the crowning jewel of the summit, but ended up the target of 'withering' criticism from human rights groups and development organisations who complained of a squandered opportunity.
She sat down in her chair looking furious and just gave me a sneer and a 'withering' look.
The treatment was maintained until abscission and 'withering' of the shaded leaves.
As a side note, Michael Sorkin later wrote a 'withering' review of the The Charlottesville Tapes that took the form of a short play, with all dialog rendered in perfectly rhyming couplets.
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