wizened English

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What does wizened mean?

wizened

— adjective (= shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen) 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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wizened English » English

wizen

withered

shriveled

wrinkled

shrivelled

wilted

shrunken

sere

dried up

wrinkly

wearish

sear

marcid

lank

languishing

haggard

drooping

crumpled

crinkly

crinkled

cachectic

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Old person

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