withersome

comparative more withersome · superlative most withersome

1. Characterised or marked by withering.

   "[…] Holly's a nice fellow, only he's so darned over-full of good advice that he keeps you feeling withersome."

   1905, Ainslee's, volume 14, page 16

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   Flushed from cover by an increasingly withersome gunfire, they attempt to crowhop the stepping-stones of the Shenandoah River out the rear of the factory, where Kagi is killed outright, Leary is mortally wounded, and Copeland is captured.

   2015, Bruce Olds, Raising Holy Hell