shriveled

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

- shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings

Similar word(s): dry, sear, sere, shrivelled, withered

2. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

- the old woman's shriveled skin

- he looked shriveled and ill

Similar word(s): lean, thin, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened

3. reduced in power or vitality or intensity

- our shriveled receipts during the storm

- as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled

Similar word(s): decreased, reduced, shrivelled, shrunken

Sentences with shriveled as an adjective:

- A prune is a shriveled plum.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of shrivel