"shrivelled" in the verb sense

1. shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither

wither, as with a loss of moisture

"The fruit dried and shriveled"

2. shrink, shrivel

decrease in size, range, or extent

"His earnings shrank"

"My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

"shrivelled" in the adjective sense

1. dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered

used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

"dried-up grass"

"the desert was edged with sere vegetation"

"shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"

"withered vines"

2. shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

"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"

3. shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken

reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

"our shriveled receipts during the storm"

"as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"

"the dollar's shrunken buying power"

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