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shriveled

adjective satellite (s)

  • (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture(adj.all)
    Example:
    Shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings.
    source: wordnet30
  • lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness(adj.all)
    Example:
    The old woman's shriveled skin.
    He looked shriveled and ill.
    source: wordnet30
  • reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity(adj.all)
    Example:
    Our shriveled receipts during the storm.
    As the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled.
    source: wordnet30
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