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English adjective: wizen

1. wizen lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness


SamplesThe 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.


Synonymsshriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizened


Similarlean, thin


Antonymsfat









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