DICTOMETER

SHRIVELED

1. Synonyms:
   • Shrivel
   • Shrivel up
   • Shrink
   • Wither
   Definitions:
   • wither, as with a loss of moisture
   Examples:
   • The fruit dried and shriveled
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Shrink
   • Shrivel
   Definitions:
   • decrease in size, range, or extent
   Examples:
   • His earnings shrank
   • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Dried-up
   • Sere
   • Sear
   • Shriveled
   • Shrivelled
   • Withered
   Definitions:
   • (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
   Examples:
   • Dried-up grass
   • The desert was edged with sere vegetation
   • Shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
   • Withered vines
   Antonyms:
   • Wet
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Shriveled
   • Shrivelled
   • Shrunken
   • Withered
   • Wizen
   • Wizened
   Definitions:
   • lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Fat
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Shriveled
   • Shrivelled
   • Shrunken
   Definitions:
   • reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
   Examples:
   • Our shriveled receipts during the storm
   • As the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
   • The dollar's shrunken buying power
   Antonyms:
   • Increased