Shrivelled (Adjective)
Meaning 1
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".
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Examples
- Their passion for social justice, once a burning flame, had shriveled over the years due to consistent setbacks.
- With a devastating injury, the athlete's competitive edge had shriveled, making it difficult for her to regain her footing.
- The company's once-thriving research and development team saw its innovative spirit shriveled under the weight of bureaucracy.
- As the years went by, the actress felt her creativity shriveled by the typecast roles she was being offered.
- Their romance, which had started with so much promise, had shriveled to nothing but empty gestures and hollow words.
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Meaning 2
(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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
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Meaning 3
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- After decades of tanning her skin on vacation every summer it now looked shrivelled and weak.
- Her grandmother's shrivelled hand grasped hers tightly as they walked.
- The dried flower in her hair once bright and vibrant now hung limply as a shrivelled red mess.
- Despite years of looking healthy she passed away from an illness which made her look shrivelled in weeks.
- Extreme thirst left the plants brittle and shrivelled from lack of rain the past few months.