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English adjective: shriveled | |||
| 1. | shriveled (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | ||
| Samples | Dried-up grass. The desert was edged with sere vegetation. Shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings. Withered vines. | ||
| Synonyms | dried-up, sear, sere, shrivelled, withered | ||
| Similar | dry | ||
| Domain category | botany, flora, vegetation | ||
| Antonyms | wet | ||
| 2. | shriveled lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | ||
| Samples | 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. He did well despite his withered arm. A wizened little man with frizzy grey hair. | ||
| Synonyms | shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened | ||
| Similar | lean, thin | ||
| Antonyms | fat | ||
| 3. | shriveled reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity | ||
| Samples | Our shriveled receipts during the storm. As the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled. The dollar's shrunken buying power. | ||
| Synonyms | shrivelled, shrunken | ||
| Similar | decreased, reduced | ||
| Antonyms | increased | ||
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