wilted

Questions about wilted

What does wilted mean?

wilted means "(of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wilted?

wilted has 2 syllables: wil-ted. The stress falls on "wil". In IPA it is /ˈwɪltɪd/.

What is another word for wilted?

Close synonyms include limp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wilted a common word?

wilted is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.