1. (

• wilt ,

) lose strength; "My opponent was wilting" ;

2. (

• wilt ,
• droop

) become limp; "The flowers wilted" ;

1. (

• wilted

) (of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease; "wilted lettuce" ;

2. (

• wilted ,
• limp

) without energy or will; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "the afternoon heat left her feeling wilted" ;