wizened
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˈwɪzənd/
:
arrugado
- There was a reverential silence, and I noticed Hakim had been crying, his dark wizened face slightly flushed.
It was that Tony had the wizened Jonathan Swift with a cat, you know, with like a cookbook.
- It was that Tony had the wizened Jonathan Swift with a cat, you know, with like a cookbook.
- They go for like, they go for like a seasoned guy, like a guy who's like a little bit wizened, has a couple, like has a few crows feet.
- Nets catch not fish but the wizened finger of a submerged branch, for below a sunken valley persists.
Examples
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The man before him had the wrinkled skin and wizened features of someone who has spent decades working in the sun.
Fiction book (1994) -
- I may be old and wizened, but at least I know how to book a decent restaurant, Major.
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Lots of wizened old men with sharp eyes sitting around, cutting big stones into little ones.
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After many minutes, a wizened little fellow in a sleeveless jersey appears.
Fiction book (2001) -
Just that small deed drained the energy from his wizened body.
Fiction book (2002) -
On the main floor of the gym, a wizened old man sits at a small coatroom.
Fiction book (2001) -
Arvit first presented Fornley to Larvot, a wizened old male who was the chief village elder.
Fiction book (2002) -
The door pushes open, and a small, wizened woman walks in, blinking, tentative, taking time to accommodate the light.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Now, Dan'l," fretted the wizened old marshal, "don't you go interferin' in this here hangin'."
Fiction book (1997) -
The wizened old man shared stories of his youth by the fireside.
Synonyms
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1.5
Having small lines on skin or cloth
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4.8
Very small and wrinkled, often because of age or illness
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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
Dry, thin, and wrinkled from old age or sickness
Dried and shrunken with a wrinkled surface from lack of water
Antonyms
How Wrinkled
Surface Forms
Morphology
wizened = wizen (transparent) = wizen + ed
Derived by regular addition of the participial/adjectival suffix '-ed' to the verb 'wizen', so the meaning 'having become wrinkled' is directly compositional.
Etymology
The word wizened comes from an old verb wizen, meaning 'to shrivel' or 'to dry up', so it describes someone who is thin and full of wrinkles. A helpful way to remember wizened is to think of wise, because old people often look wrinkled, even though the original idea is about being 'shrunk' and wrinkled rather than being smart.