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Meaning of 'shriveled' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shriveled [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Shrivel

Meaning of 'shriveled' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shriveled [ s]
Meaning (1):
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Example in sentence:
  • a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws;
  • a shrunken old man;
  • a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair;
  • he did well despite his withered arm;
  • he looked shriveled and ill;
  • the old woman's shriveled skin
Meaning (2):
- reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Example in sentence:
  • as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled;
  • our shriveled receipts during the storm;
  • the dollar's shrunken buying power
Meaning (3):
- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
Example in sentence:
  • dried-up grass;
  • shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings;
  • the desert was edged with sere vegetation;
  • withered vines

Nearby Words:

shrag shragger shram shrank shrap shrape shrapnel shred shredcook shredded

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