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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".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

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.

Synonyms

  • Shriveled
  • Shrunken

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.

Synonyms

  • Sere
  • Dried-up
  • Shriveled
  • Withered
  • Sear

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.

Synonyms

  • Shriveled
  • Wizen
  • Withered
  • Shrunken
  • Wizened
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