shriveled (s)
shrivelled (s)
shrunken (s)
withered (s)
wizen (s)
wizened (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
examples 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
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