Shrivelled - Definition

adj 1: (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" [syn: dried-up, sere,
sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered]
2: 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, shrunken,
withered, wizen, wizened]
3: 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, shrunken]