withered

(adjective, verb)

adjective

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

- a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws

- he did well despite his withered arm

- a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair

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

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

- the desert was edged with sere vegetation

- withered vines

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

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of wither