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Synonyms for "shriveled" in English

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shriveled:
- shrunken; shrivelled; shriveled; withered; wizen; wizened; sear; sere; dried-up

English

Detailed Synonyms for shriveled in English

shriveled:

shriveled adj, américain

shriveled

– reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity ¹
shrunken; shrivelled; shriveled
– reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity ¹
- shrunken adj
  - the dollar's shrunken buying power¹
- shrivelled adj, britannique
- shriveled adj, américain
  - our shriveled receipts during the storm¹
  - as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled¹
shriveled

– lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness ¹
withered; shrunken; wizen; shrivelled; wizened; shriveled
– lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness ¹
- withered adj
  - a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws¹
  - he did well despite his withered arm¹
- shrunken adj
  - a shrunken old man¹
- wizen adj
- shrivelled adj, britannique
- wizened adj
  - a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair¹
- shriveled adj, américain
  - the old woman's shriveled skin¹
  - he looked shriveled and ill¹
shriveled

– (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture ¹
withered; shriveled; sear; shrivelled; sere; dried-up
– (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture ¹
- withered adj
  - withered vines¹
- shriveled adj, américain
  - shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings¹
- sear adj
- shrivelled adj, britannique
- sere adj
  - the desert was edged with sere vegetation¹
- dried-up adj
  - dried-up grass¹

Alternate Synonyms for "shriveled":

dried-up; sere; sear; shrivelled; withered; dry
shrunken; wizen; wizened; thin; lean
decreased; reduced

Related Definitions for "shriveled":

reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity¹
- our shriveled receipts during the storm¹
- as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled¹
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness¹
- the old woman's shriveled skin¹
- he looked shriveled and ill¹
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture¹
- shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University