WITHERED as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
   Synonym(s)
   • shriveled (what does shriveled mean?)
   • shrivelled (what does shrivelled mean?)
   • shrunken (what does shrunken 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?)
2. 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?)
   • shriveled (what does shriveled mean?)
   • shrivelled (what does shrivelled 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?)