Shriveled

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  • adjective. Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
  • adjective. Collapsed in size.
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of shrivel.
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  • adjective. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
  • adjective. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
  • adjective. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
    • Word Usage
    "His hair was wild and brown, his skin shriveled from untold hours in the sun."
    Equivalent
    decreased  dry  lean  reduced  thin  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    swiveled  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Lilliputian  Sanforized  Tom Thumb  adust  anile  
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