Also means
tarnish, blight
Usage Note
Flétrir describes plants losing freshness and dying, but figuratively it also means to tarnish someone's reputation or to blight youthful beauty. The adjective flétri (withered) can describe both a flower and a face marked by age. It belongs to the second conjugation group (-ir verbs with -iss- infix).
Examples
"Les fleurs ont flétri sans eau."
Natural Translation
The flowers wilted without water.

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