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shriveled

DEFINITIONS OF: shriveled

1

adj (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

“shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings”
Synonyms:
dried-up, sear, sere, shrivelled, withered
dry
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

adj lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

“the old woman's shriveled skin”
“he looked shriveled and ill”
Synonyms:
shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
lean, thin
lacking excess flesh

adj reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

“our shriveled receipts during the storm”
“as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled”
Synonyms:
shrivelled, shrunken
decreased, reduced
made less in size or amount or degree
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