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shriveled::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened |
the old woman's shriveled skin.
he looked shriveled and ill.
shriveled::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dried-up, sear, sere, shrivelled, withered |
shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings.
shriveled::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shrivelled, shrunken |
our shriveled receipts during the storm.
as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled.
Examples of shriveled
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Through it all, the toll in Iraq climbed and the president's approval shriveled.
From the newsobserver.com
Long-time shareholders saw the dividend evaporate as the stock price shriveled.
From the thenewstribune.com
Bake until shriveled and lightly caramelized but not dried out, about 25 minutes.
From the dailyherald.com
Even so, my siblings and I still picked out the black, shriveled, rubbery things.
From the chron.com
His eyes sank deeper, and he began to stare at the ceiling, shriveled in dread.
From the theatlantic.com
Man, it's so HOT outside, had a zit on my nose that just shriveled up and died.
From the cnn.com
Avoid those that are shriveled, bruised or have a pale yellow or greenish skin.
From the sltrib.com
In the garden, Brother Nicholas paused by a shriveled, brown Australian tea tree.
From the latimes.com
When olives are shriveled, place them in a blender with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
From the thenewstribune.com
- Dried-up: (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"
- 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. ...
- 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"
- (shrivel) wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
- (shrivel) shrink: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
- (Shriveling) Shrivelling is a natural phenomenon where an object, with an attached sub-elastic covering, has its interior volume reduced in some way. ...
- Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant; Collapsed in size
- (shrivel) To collapse inward; to crumble; To become wrinkled
