shrivelled (adj.)

  1. (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

    [ Syn: dried-up , sere , sear , shriveled , withered ]

  2. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; the old womans 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

    [ Syn: shriveled , shrunken , withered , wizen , wizened ]

  3. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; our shriveled receipts during the storm; as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled; the dollars shrunken buying power

    [ Syn: shriveled , shrunken ]

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