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 , shrivelled , withered , wizen , wizened ]

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 , shrivelled ]