WILTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wilting mean? 

• WILTING (noun)
  The noun WILTING has 1 sense:

1. causing to become limp or drooping

  Familiarity information: WILTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing to become limp or drooping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

wilt; wilting

Hypernyms ("wilting" is a kind of...):

weakening (the act of reducing the strength of something)

Derivation:

wilt (become limp)

 Context examples 

He seemed to be wilting away in his anxiety.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The cub felt his mother wilting at the sound.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Fear began to grow on Messner. He felt himself wilting under the lightly laid hand.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I felt a wilting sensation, a sinking at the heart, and, I might just as well say, a giddiness.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Pleasant smelling compound found in many plants and released on wilting.

(Coumarin, NCI Thesaurus)

Her revolt faded away, her spirit wilting down into her tired flesh.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)