Word relationships
Synonyms
shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, wizen, wizened
Local English word record
withered
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness-W.F.Starkie
Practice this wordExamples
- 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
- he did well despite his withered arm
Source and method
This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.