shriveled

shriveled
adjective
1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture (Freq. 1)
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dried-up grass

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the desert was edged with sere vegetation

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shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings

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withered vines

• Syn: ↑dried-up, ↑sere, ↑sear, ↑shrivelled, ↑withered
• Similar to: ↑dry
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sereness (for: ↑sere)
• Topics: ↑vegetation, ↑flora, ↑botany
2. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
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the old woman's shriveled skin

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he looked shriveled and ill

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a shrunken old man

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"a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie

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he did well despite his withered arm

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a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair

• Syn: ↑shrivelled, ↑shrunken, ↑withered, ↑wizen, ↑wizened
• Similar to: ↑thin, ↑lean
3. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
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our shriveled receipts during the storm

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as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled

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the dollar's shrunken buying power

• Syn: ↑shrivelled, ↑shrunken
• Similar to: ↑decreased, ↑reduced

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shriveled UK [ˈʃrɪv(ə)ld] US
an American past tense and past participle of shrivel
Thesaurus: american irregular past tenses and past participleshyponym

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shriveled adj

She was small and shriveled with age.

a shriveled grape

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Main Entry: ↑shrivel

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