shrivelled
adjective
1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
- shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
Similar word(s): dry, sear, sere, shriveled, 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, shriveled, 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, shriveled, shrunken
Sentences with shrivelled as an adjective:
- A prune is a shrivelled plum.
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of shrivel