wizen
- adjective
- /ˈwɪzən/
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marchito
- The wizened face of the old gardener revealed decades of hard work.
Examples
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Her hands were wizened from years of hard work.
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The wizened old man sat quietly on the bench.
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After years in the sun, her hands became wizened and thin.
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His wizened features gave him a look of both wisdom and weariness.
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After years in the sun, her hands became wizened and thin.
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His wizened features gave him a look of both wisdom and weariness.
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The wizened face of the old gardener revealed decades of hard work.
Synonyms
5
8.1
Thin and wrinkled from age or illness
4
4.8
Very small and wrinkled, often because of age or illness
1
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
Dried and shrunken with a wrinkled surface from lack of water
Antonyms
How Wrinkled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wizen comes from old words that meant 'to dry' or 'shrink', and you can think of it like the word wither. So a wizen face or hand looks dry, thin, and wrinkled from age or illness.