shrunken

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. 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 grey hair
• Syn:
shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened
• Similar to:
thin, lean
2. 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
• Syn:
shriveled, shrivelled
• Similar to:
decreased, reduced

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened