verwelkt — meaning in English

English meaning

• addle adj Spoiled and rotten, having stopped developing properly.
• sere adj Lacking moisture; dried out.
• wilted adj Drooping and limp, typically from a lack of water or from heat.

Senses

verwelkt is used for these senses in English:

• addle Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
• sere (archaic, or, literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry.
• wilted (of plants) Drooping, typically due to lack of water.

addle — full definition

1. adj Spoiled and rotten, having stopped developing properly.
2. adj Confused and muddled, or producing nothing useful.

sere — full definition

1. adj Lacking moisture; dried out.
2. adj Empty and unproductive, used of ideas or thinking.
3. adj Worn thin and shabby, used of cloth.

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