witherward /ˈwɪðə(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/adjective 2adverb 1noun 1forms 2 adjective2 •Adverse, contrary.Such a witherward and rotten friend she was. •Opposite, opposing; hostile. adverb1 •Contrary to, against. noun1 •Opposite; adversity, opposition; hostilityNor, although be sung the "mighty stream of tendency" of this wondrous age, did he ever launch his poetic craft upon it, nor seem to see the witherward of its swift and awful stress. — 1850 formsmore witherward · most witherward