shriveled English

Meaning shriveled meaning

What does shriveled mean?

shriveled

— adjective (= dried-up, sere, shrivelled, withered) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture dried-up grass the desert was edged with sere vegetation shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings withered vines

— adjective (= shrivelled, shrunken) reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity our shriveled receipts during the storm as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled the dollar's shrunken buying power

— adjective (= shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness the old woman's shriveled skin he looked shriveled and ill a shrunken old man a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws — W.F.Starkie he did well despite his withered arm a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair

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shriveled English » English

withered

shrivelled

shrunken

wizened

wrinkled

sere

dried up

wizen

sear

empty

dried-up

wrinkly

wilted

flattened

deflated

crumpled

crinkly

crinkled

cachectic

blighted

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