shriveled

Meanings

adjectiveshriveled (comparative more shriveled, superlative most shriveled)

comparative more shriveled · superlative most shriveled · alternative shrivelled

USWrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
A prune is a shriveled plum.
USCollapsed in size.
Her lips looked too shriveled to close over her teeth.

verb

alternative shrivelled

adjective(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

adjectivelean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

adjectivereduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Japanese ひからびた

Latin viētus

Swedish skrumpen

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