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shriveled meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of shriveled at MeaningMonkey.org. shriveled meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.SHRIVELED adjective
Definition of shriveled (adjective)
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
- "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
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
- "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"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
- synonyms: shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
- reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
- "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
Source: Princeton University Wordnet