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shriveled
shriv·el S0376100 (shrĭv′əl)intr. & tr.v. shriv·eled, shriv·el·ing, shriv·els or shriv·elled or shriv·el·ling 1. To become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying: Leaves die, fall, and shrivel. The heat shriveled the unwatered seedlings.2. To lose or cause to lose vitality or intensity: My enthusiasm shriveled as the project wore on. Inflation shriveled the buying power of the dollar.3. To become or make much less or smaller; dwindle.
[Origin unknown.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | shriveled - (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, shrivelled, witheredbotany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" | | 2. | shriveled - 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, shrivelledlean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | | 3. | shriveled - 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, shrivelleddecreased, reduced - made less in size or amount or degree |
shriveled
Synonyms for shriveledadj (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moistureSynonyms- dried-up
- sear
- sere
- shrivelled
- withered
Related Wordsadj lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illnessSynonyms- shrunken
- withered
- wizen
- wizened
- shrivelled
Related Wordsadj reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensitySynonymsRelated Words |