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shrivelled Definition
(s) (
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
"
(s)
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
(s)
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
"
shrivelled Synonyms
dried-up
sear
sere
shriveled
shrivelled
shrunken
withered
wizen
wizened
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