WILTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wilted mean? 

• WILTED (adjective)
  The adjective WILTED has 2 senses:

1. (of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease

2. without energy or will

  Familiarity information: WILTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease

Context example:

wilted lettuce

Similar:

lax (lacking in firmness or tension; not taut)

Derivation:

wilt (become limp)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without energy or will

Synonyms:

limp; wilted

Context example:

the afternoon heat left her feeling wilted

Similar:

weak (wanting in physical strength)

 Context examples 

With a handkerchief in one hand he mopped his face, while in the other hand he carried a new hat and a wilted starched collar which he had removed from his neck.

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

They were known as chechaquos, and they always wilted at the application of the name.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He had gripped me by the biceps with his single hand, and when that grip tightened I wilted and shrieked aloud.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Another week passed, a great battle that continued under the electric lights each night and that culminated on Saturday afternoon at three o'clock, when Joe tasted his moment of wilted triumph and then drifted down to the village to forget.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was an expression of the master's disapproval, and White Fang's spirit wilted under it.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Once he gained his feet, but his legs were too weak to sustain him, and he slowly wilted and sank back into the snow.

(White Fang, by Jack London)