WILTED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

wilted

verb

past tense of wilt

as in drooped

to be limp from lack of water or vigor the plants wilted after I forgot to water them for three whole days

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as in faded

to lose bodily strength or vigor she had wilted a bit after walking around the hot and humid city

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as in dried

to lose liveliness, force, or freshness after six solid hours of painting, his energy was starting to wilt

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Recent Examples of wilted In only the second week of this season, the mighty Ohio State Buckeyes wilted in brutal heat in the fourth quarter at Texas, blowing a 20-point lead and losing by a single point. — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026 Raheem Morris had to get creative and attacked with his undermanned defense before things wilted down the stretch. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026 The basil has wilted, the beach towels have been stowed away, the tan has faded. — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026 Cook, tossing occasionally, until bok choy is wilted, about 2 minutes. — Catherine Yoo, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026 The outer leaves of the cabbage should look crisp, not wilted or floppy. — Laura Manzano, Martha Stewart, 18 Sep. 2026 Instead, those players who wilted during the first half at Elland Road must be the ones to deliver an immediate response against Hull. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Without proper vascular function, leaves become yellow and wilted. — Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026 Last season’s experienced and highly touted offensive line wilted against the nation’s best. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026

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In a certain weird way, that play became a turning point in a 27-19 win for the Chiefs because Stroud was visibly shaken and the Texans drooped from there.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
The man raised his arms to a figure in the branches, a woman whose head drooped, hair loose, wet, falling forward across her face, her breasts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of drooped

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That gives the gin a pale yellow color, and adds barrel notes of oak and dried fruit to a palate shaped by botanicals including juniper, queen of the night (a nocturnal cactus flower), coriander seed, Damask rose, and Nigerian ginger.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
About a month after the ink dried on that contract, Kim, who had slipped on ice and fallen while in his native Korea, had surgery to repair a tendon on his right middle finger.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of dried

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There was only room to stand on the platform, and Del hadn’t hung it quite level.

— Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
By the time the panic ended, 152 people had been formally accused, 19 had been hanged, and one man, Giles Corey, had been pressed to death with stones for refusing to stand trial.

— Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of hung

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Those production lines were shut down after the Soviet breakup in 1991, and the industry has since mostly withered.

— Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
The throuple moved into faculty housing, where Lakofski withered, depressed by life in a conventional apartment.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of withered

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In the grayness that should have been sunrise that morning, dark clouds sagged baggily over the very treetops, bulging as if ready to split under their liquid weight.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Somehow, however, that team, which sagged to 0-7, won five of its last nine games and finished 5-11.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026

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