shriveled

/ʃɹˈɪvəld/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
   “dried-up grass”
2. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness-W.F.Starkie
   “the old woman's shriveled skin”
3. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
   “our shriveled receipts during the storm”

Synonyms for shriveled

• dried-up
• sere
• sear
• shrivelled
• withered
• dry
• shrunken
• wizen
• wizened
• thin
• decreased

Words that rhyme with shriveled

• swiveled