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