shrivelled
- adjective
- /ˈʃrɪvəld/
- UK
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marchito
- After weeks without water, the garden plants looked shriveled and lifeless under the scorching sun.
If you've ever seen a shriveled up Raisin Raspberry, that's because it dried out.
- If you've ever seen a shriveled up Raisin Raspberry, that's because it dried out.
Examples
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Without Parvati, the land became dry and barren, Rivers shrank and crops shriveled in the fields.
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If you've ever seen a shriveled up Raisin Raspberry, that's because it dried out.
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through it. Or, in the words of Brother David, shrivelled. Shrivelled up to an even harder, lifeless thing.
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Our potatoes don't look very nice, kind of overcooked and shriveled up, but does the job.
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I just tipped my welly upside down and found a tiny piece of shriveled up cheese wrapped in cling film, which I have no idea why that's in my welly.
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The leaves on the old tree have become shriveled and brittle due to the harsh winter conditions.
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The shriveled fruit was unappetizing and dry, indicating it had been left too long in the sun.
Synonyms
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1.5
Having small lines on skin or cloth
18
3.5
No longer holds water and is very dry, like a riverbed or plant
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2.8
Completely dry because it has no water left
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8.1
Thin and wrinkled from age or illness
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4.8
Very small and wrinkled, often because of age or illness
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9.9
Very dry and withered, often describing plants or leaves
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4.6
It looks dry, thin, and lifeless like old leaves
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5.2
Dry and wrinkled because it has lost water
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1.0
Something that is no longer wet because its water has gone away
Dry, thin, and wrinkled from old age or sickness
Having a wrinkled, creased surface
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shrivelled comes from the old verb shrivel, which means 'become wrinkled' or 'dry up', so imagine a sun‑dried apple that has turned small and full of wrinkles. That's why shrivelled describes something dried out, shrunken, and wrinkled.