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wilting

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I freed my bouquet, now wilted, lashed my kayak to the float, and climbed up slippery pink granite to the trail.

He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).

"I do not know," she answered wearily, and her whole form wilting she looked away from him.

The rising sun was a very cheerful sight, but as our road lay up a long ascent, we soon felt its wilting effects.

She shrank from him, wilting with shame, her eyes frozen in her face; but he was inexorable.

She felt as if the very roots of her spirit had been torn up and lay wilting and shrivelling in the cold light of her reason.

Thomas still maintained his control, although cold perspiration was wilting his highly polished collar.

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On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wilting, such as: bent, drooping, flabby, floppy, languid, and languorous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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