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shrivelled

VERB

dehydrate, dry up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dwindle shrink wilt wither

STRONG

burn contract desiccate fossilize mummify parch scorch sear stale welter wrinkle

WEAK

mummy wizen

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bloom develop enlarge expand grow

STRONG

freeze moisten wet

WEAK

unwrinkle

Example Sentences

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Badenoch said the prime minister had "shrivelled" from leadership and called on him to apologise to Epstein's victims.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

Turnout in local elections that do not coincide with a general election are almost always shrivelled.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

The healthy plant has many plump grains, the other one has just a couple of shrivelled ones.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2022

This year's figure was the slowest for the retailer, showing how consumer appetite in the world's second largest economy has been shrivelled by lockdowns to halt the Omicron variant of coronavirus and slowing economic conditions.

From Reuters • Jun. 19, 2022

When taken out of the stocks his skin was cold and shrivelled; there was no perceptible pulsation in the temporal or radial arteries, and he complained of severe cephalgia ...

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover