wizenedwiz‧ened /ˈwɪzənd/ adjective 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINwizened
ExamplesOrigin:
Old English wisnian ‘to become wizened’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- a wizened face
- He barely recognized her wizened face and haggard features.
- The wizened doctor slowly pressed three fingers against the artery in my wrist.
- The door was opened by a wizened old man clutching a walking stick.
- As he screamed, the fleshless man climbed on to his chest and crouched there, the wizened head darting to his throat.
- At the advanced age of 71, Charles Bronson's wizened features are returning to the big screen.
- He had a bony wizened face and an unhealthy pallor.
- His face was remarkable: gaunt, wizened and pale, the skin pulled taut across the prominent bones.
- In the centre was a small wizened bulb like a tiny onion.
- The fellow's yellow, wizened face broke into a sharp-toothed smile.
- The old man's wizened face lost its folds and wrinkles, the eyes firmed, clear blue in their trance-like stare.
- The voice that came out of the wizened little mouth was loud and quite threatening.
Longman Language Activatornot young► old
a wizened person, fruit etc is small and thin and has skin with a lot of lines and wrinkles · She wanted to have a baby before she was too old.· For the first time in my life, I feel old.· An old man was in the park feeding the pigeons.too old for somebody (=too old to have a romantic relationship with someone) · She shouldn't marry him - he's much too old for her.
► elderly old - use this as a polite way of talking about old people: · A group of elderly ladies sat drinking coffee in the cafeteria.· An elderly Englishwoman was seated next to me on the plane.· A few decades ago, the average cruise ship passenger was elderly, affluent, and retired. Not anymore.
► ageing/aging: ageing rock star/movie star/hippy/romeo etc one who is becoming old, especially in an unattractive way, and seems too old to be a rock star, film star etc: · The bar was fill with ageing hippies.· These days, most of the houses in the Hollywood Hills are owned by aging movie stars and rich businessmen.
► ancient especially British a humorous but slightly unkind word meaning very old: · He's not just old, he's ancient. absolutely/completely/really etc ancient: · Mum looks absolutely ancient in this picture.
► be getting on informal to be fairly old: · Cal is getting on a bit and doesn't play much golf anymore.getting on in years: · Ethel's getting on in years now -- she must be in her late 60s.
► not be as young as you were if you say you are not as young as you were , you mean you are getting old, especially so that you are not strong enough or healthy enough to do things that you used to do: · We do go out sometimes, but not very often. I guess we're not as young as we used to be.· "I'm not as young as I once was," concedes the cigar-chomping, 48-year-old Mr. Tiant.
► wrinkled skin that is wrinkled has lines on it that are caused by old age: · Her face looked old and wrinkled in the morning light.wrinkled old man/woman: · At the far end of the market, a wrinkled old woman sat smoking a pipe.
► wizened a wizened old man or woman has a small, bent body and lines on their skin because they are very old: · He barely recognized her wizened face and haggard features.wizened old man/woman: · The door was opened by a wizened old man clutching a walking stick.
► middle-aged not young anymore but not yet old, usually between the ages of around 40 to 65: · The condition predominantly affects middle-aged or elderly females.· a middle-aged businessman