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witheringly adverb uk /ˈwɪð.ər.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈwɪð.ɚ.ɪŋ.li/ in a way that criticizes someone severely, or that is intended to make someone feel ashamed: He plays a witheringly cynical alcoholic who works in a law firm. His final reply was both witheringly sarcastic and gloriously triumphant. After the match, the manager gave a witheringly blunt and honest assessment of the team's performance. "Are you going to need my help with that, too?" she said to him witheringly. Instead of being witheringly derisive about everything, maybe you can think of something constructive to say. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Grimacing and frowning bitchy resting face cloud curl death stare evil eye eye-roll eye-rolling grimace if looks could kill...idiom knit knit your brow/browsidiom look daggers at someoneidiom purse roll scowling scowlingly screw scrunch sneer
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