Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
- adj. Collapsed in size.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of shrivel.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
- adj. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
- adj. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Examples
“His hair was wild and brown, his skin shriveled from untold hours in the sun.”
“But first I noticed that grandpa always kind of shriveled when Uncle”
“The bully kind of shriveled up when an ex-NFL football player bought the bar across from his.”
“Or other bands kind of shriveled up and died after the internet made bands 'release content+memes more frequently' and some bands were unable to respond.”
“His tomb still houses his solid gold sarcophagus & his mummy which is kind of shriveled up”
“In short, oil has shriveled the promise and stained the soul of an entire country, empowering autocrats who disdain human rights and are oblivious to the misery of its people.”
“Although their similarities pass through the mansion and the national committee chairs, Jim Gilmore is a sour little rooster with shriveled political skills.”
Waldo Jaquith - Republicans in congressional delegation bail on meeting with Kaine.
“She looked even more shriveled now, like a kernel of some life-form waiting to fill out its red cocoon.”
“And by the end of his life this sort of angry, violent, frightened and shriveled man.”
“Toreador's market capitalization has since has shriveled by about 50% to $182.4 million.”
The Wall Street Journal: France Mulls Banning Shale Exploration
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘shriveled’.
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Old words
Old words: modern English words that are old according to criteria that are still vague: Either words common to several old languages or words substantially similar in old English. Please add to or...
mother, father, bark, spit, old, fire, this, that, black, thou, to give, hand and 259 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o..., abject,utterly ho... and 2228 more...
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You Broke It!
After the school bully breaks your new yo-yo, you can use these words to describe it. All hail the carnage!
broken, faulty, slipshod, weak, destroyed, dismantled, busted, cracked, chipped, bent, shattered, irreparable and 147 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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June 2012
succumb, folly, teeter, presumptuous, ratify, rhetoric, shriveled, stammer, laconic, ingratiating, unctuous, subvert and 13 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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minionmaster's Words
contemplating, slightly, shackles, wristguards, kneepads, serenity, reactant, lithium, argon, oxygen, dire, immense and 82 more...
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