Shriveled

Synonyms for "shriveled" (144 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Strong matches (43)

drieddried updried-up dumpy dwarf dwarfed dwarfish elfin emacerated emaciate emaciated evaporated exsiccated feeble fossilized gerontal gerontic haggardhollow eyedhollow-eyed

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incipient infirm jejune lilliputian marantic marasmic meager midget mossbackedmoth eatenmoth-eaten mummified mummylike nanoid palsied papery papery-skinned parched parchmenty peaked

Adjective(1 words)

dried-up

Verb(2 words)

dry parched

Related words (72)

peaky pinched poor preshrunk puny pygmyravaged with agerickety rudimental rudimentaryrun to seedrunty rusty sanforized scorched scraggy scrubby sear seared senile

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sere shakyshriveled upshrunk shrunken skeletal squat starved starvelingstricken in yearsstunted sun-dried sunbaked tabetic tabid thin timeworntom thumbtottering tottery underfed undernourished undersize undersized wastedwasted awayweak weazened weazeny wilted wind-dried withered wizen wizen-faced wizened wraithlike wrinkled

Verb(7 words)

sap shrink wan wane weakenedwith erwithering

Adjective(7 words)

sear sere shrivelled shrunken withered wizen wizened

Noun(1 words)

shrivelling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

10 entries

declinedecrease in sizedecrease in vigordescriptive attributefigurative descriptionmedical pathology descriptormetaphorical statesize reductionstate of physical conditiontissue condition

More specific

15 entries

dampen moraledehydration desiccationsap energyshriveled ambitionshriveled brain tissueshriveled enthusiasmshriveled fruitshriveled leavesshriveled muscle tissueshriveled prospectsshriveled rootsshriveled skinwane enthusiasmwrinkling

Collocations

8 entries

shriveled appearanceshriveled berriesshriveled cellsshriveled fruitshriveled leavesshriveled rootsshriveled skinshriveled tissue

Inflections

6 entries

more shriveledmost shriveledshriveling shrivelled shrivelling shrivels

Derivations

1 entries

shrivel

similar

5 entries

decreased dry lean reduced thin

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Raisins are shriveled wine grapes.

Source: tatoeba (12884814)

A prune is a shriveled plum.

Source: wiktionary

Her lips looked too shriveled to close over her teeth.

Source: wiktionary

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