wilting flowers
Petals losing life
Wilting flowers are cut blooms or potted plants that have begun to droop and lose vitality, their petals and leaves going limp from lack of water or age.
The phrase often carries symbolic weight—sadness, neglected care, or fading beauty: The wilting flowers on her desk said everything about how the week had gone.
- droopingHanging or bending downward
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- fading beautyAttractiveness in decline
- petalsColored bloom segments
- vaseOrnamental container for flowers
water droplets · decay · withered · dying · dried · brown · stems · funeral · sadness · limp · past prime · thirsty · neglected · bouquet · brittle · crumbling · yellowing · shriveled
- floral artbouquet, mixed bouquet, vase, glass vase, ceramic vase
- still lifefruit bowl, bouquet, grapes, apples, pears
- death artmemento mori, vanitas, danse macabre, dance of death, skull art