shrivelled

  • (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
    dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, withered,
  • (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 arm
    • a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
    shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened, shriveled,
  • (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
    shrunken, shriveled,

Synonyms

dried-up sear sere shriveled withered shrunken wizen wizened

Words of close approximity