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Shrivelled

Shrivelled Meaning & Definition
Shrivelled Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shrivelled?

[adj] reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
[adj] 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 gray hair"
[adj] (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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Shrivelled: decreased | dried-up | dry | lean | reduced | sear | sere | shriveled | shrunken | thin | withered | wizen | wizened

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