withered
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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, shrunken, wizen, wizened |
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(satellite adjective) (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" |
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Synonyms: dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled |
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