withering

[with-er-ing]

adjective

1. scathing; deeply humiliating; contemptuous.

2. causing harm or loss of vitality; damaging.

3. (of plants) wilting or shriveling up, such as from disease or lack of moisture.

Example Sentences

Not just with Wales – although his withering assessment of a loss to Finland has gone down in lore – but, in the Premier League, live takedowns of Graeme Souness and John Terry spring to mind.

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This week, SAG-AFTRA weighed in with a withering response, dismissing Norwood as a “character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers.”

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Disney was facing withering pressure on multiple fronts.

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Martin also spoke, in withering terms, of some of his players with one eye out of Ibrox.

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Grimm muffed two punts against the 49ers, withering turnovers that could not have come at a worse time for him.

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