English adjective: wizen | |||
1. | wizen 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 | shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizened | ||
Similar | lean, thin | ||
Antonyms | fat | ||