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Shriveled

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Definitions for Shriveled

adjective
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Synonyms
dried-up sere sear shrivelled withered
Examples
  1. dried-up grass
  2. the desert was edged with sere vegetation
  3. shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
  4. withered vines
adjective
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Synonyms
shrivelled shrunken withered wizen wizened
Examples
  1. the old woman's shriveled skin
  2. he looked shriveled and ill
  3. a shrunken old man
  4. a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
  5. he did well despite his withered arm
  6. a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
adjective
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Synonyms
shrivelled shrunken
Examples
  1. our shriveled receipts during the storm
  2. as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
  3. the dollar's shrunken buying power
verb
wither, as with a loss of moisture
Synonyms
shrivel shrivel up shrink wither
Examples
  1. The fruit dried and shriveled
verb
decrease in size, range, or extent
Synonyms
shrink shrivel
Examples
  1. His earnings shrank
  2. My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me

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