His face was wizen and wrinkled, his faded blue eyes dim and weak-looking. He was feeble, and his hands were tremulous with a perpetual nervous motion.
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Wizen
//ˈwɪzən//
Synonyms for "wizen" (94 found)
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Translations
21 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- изсъхнал adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- съсухрен adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- изсъхвам verb (to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- съсухрям се verb (to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
Czech
4 entries- scvrklý adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- seschlý adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- vrásčitý adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- scvrknout se verb (to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
Finnish
4 entries- kurttuinen adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- kurtistua verb (to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- kurttuuntua verb (to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- mennä kurttuun verb (to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
Italian
1 entries- raggrinzito adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
Māori
1 entries- rerehe adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- innskrumpet adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- sammenskrumpet adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- vissen adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
Ukrainian
2 entries- висохлий adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
- зморщений adj (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed. The scarlet would pass away from his lips and the gold steal from his hair.
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After wizening with cold for an hour, we ran down to the hut for breakfast, rejoicing in having brought with us some portable soup ; and after a second visit to the summit, started at eight, when the day seemed already far advanced, along with the Bleiberg party, for the descent.
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Where his suspicions were cast no man knew for certain, but his plump features wizened, and his rosy cheeks grew white, his proud head drooped, and he walked with a piteous uncertainty for so pompous and lofty a man.
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