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shrivelled meaning and definition
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Definition of shrivelled (adjective)
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
- 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: shriveled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
- reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Source: Princeton University Wordnet