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(satellite adjective) reduced in size by being drawn together; "the shrunken dress was entirely too tight to wear" |
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Synonyms: shrunk |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled |
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(satellite adjective) 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.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair" |
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Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened |
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