Wizened Definition

wizened
adjective
  1. 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"

Synonyms for wizened

lean

lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin

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shriveled

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation

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shrivelled

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation

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shrunken

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill

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thin

without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross

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withered

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill

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wizen

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill

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