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adjective
  1. (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"
    Synonyms: dried-up, sear, sere, shrivelled, withered Similar: dry
  2. 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
    Synonyms: shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened Similar: thin, lean
  3. 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"
    Synonyms: shrivelled, shrunken Similar: decreased, reduced

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