SHRIVELED as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
   
   Synonym(s)
   • shrivelled (what does shrivelled mean?)
   • shrunken (what does shrunken mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • our shriveled receipts during the storm
   • as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
   • the dollar’’s shrunken buying power
   
   Similar To
   • decreased (what does decreased mean?)
   • reduced (what does reduced mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
   
   Synonym(s)
   • shrivelled (what does shrivelled mean?)
   • shrunken (what does shrunken mean?)
   • withered (what does withered mean?)
   • wizen (what does wizen mean?)
   • wizened (what does wizened mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   
   Similar To
   • thin (what does thin mean?)
   • lean (what does lean mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
   
   Synonym(s)
   • dried-up (what does dried-up mean?)
   • sear (what does sear mean?)
   • sere (what does sere mean?)
   • shrivelled (what does shrivelled mean?)
   • withered (what does withered mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • dried-up grass
   • the desert was edged with sere vegetation
   • shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
   • withered vines
   
   Similar To
   • dry (what does dry mean?)