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Synonyms for "shrivelled" in English

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  1. shrivelled:
  2. shrivel:

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Detailed Synonyms for shrivelled in English

shrivelled:

shrivelled adj, britannique

  1. shrivelled
    – reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity 1
    shrunken; shrivelled; shriveled
    – reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity 1
    • shrunken adj
      • the dollar's shrunken buying power1
    • shrivelled adj, britannique
    • shriveled adj, américain
      • our shriveled receipts during the storm1
      • as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled1
  2. shrivelled
    – lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness 1
    withered; shrunken; wizen; shrivelled; wizened; shriveled
    – lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness 1
    • withered adj
      • a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws1
      • he did well despite his withered arm1
    • shrunken adj
      • a shrunken old man1
    • wizen adj
    • shrivelled adj, britannique
    • wizened adj
      • a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair1
    • shriveled adj, américain
      • the old woman's shriveled skin1
      • he looked shriveled and ill1
  3. shrivelled
    – (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture 1
    withered; shrivelled; sere; dried-up; shriveled; sear
    – (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture 1
    • withered adj
      • withered vines1
    • shrivelled adj, britannique
    • sere adj
      • the desert was edged with sere vegetation1
    • dried-up adj
      • dried-up grass1
    • shriveled adj, américain
      • shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings1
    • sear adj

Alternate Synonyms for "shrivelled":


Related Definitions for "shrivelled":

  1. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity1
  2. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness1
  3. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture1

shrivelled form of shrivel:

to shrivel verbe (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)

  1. to shrivel
    to diminish; to shrivel; to shrink; to shrink back; to dwindle; to subside; to wizen; to shrivel up
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • shrivel verbe (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • shrink back verbe (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verbe (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • subside verbe (subsides, subsided, subsiding)
    • wizen verbe (wizens, wizened, wizening)
    • shrivel up verbe (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
  2. to shrivel
    to shrink; to diminish; to decrease; to reduce; to shrivel up; to shrink back; to dwindle; to lessen; to shrivel; to go down; shrink away; to drop
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • diminish verbe (diminishs, diminished, diminishing)
    • decrease verbe (decreases, decreased, decreasing)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • shrivel up verbe (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)
    • shrink back verbe (shrinks back, shrank back, shrinking back)
    • dwindle verbe (dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)
    • lessen verbe (lessens, lessened, lessening)
    • shrivel verbe (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
    • go down verbe (goes down, went down, going down)
    • shrink away verbe
    • drop verbe (drops, dropped, dropping)
  3. to shrivel
    – decrease in size, range, or extent 1
    to shrink; to shrivel
    – decrease in size, range, or extent 1
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
      • His earnings shrank1
    • shrivel verbe (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
      • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me1
  4. to shrivel
    – wither, as with a loss of moisture 1
    to shrink; to wither; to shrivel; to shrivel up
    – wither, as with a loss of moisture 1
    • shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)
    • wither verbe (withers, withered, withering)
    • shrivel verbe (shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling)
      • The fruit dried and shriveled1
    • shrivel up verbe (shrivels up, shrivelled up, shrivelling up)

Conjugations for shrivel:

present
  1. shrivel
  2. shrivel
  3. shrivels
  4. shrivel
  5. shrivel
  6. shrivel
simple past
  1. shrivelled
  2. shrivelled
  3. shrivelled
  4. shrivelled
  5. shrivelled
  6. shrivelled
present perfect
  1. have shrivelled
  2. have shrivelled
  3. has shrivelled
  4. have shrivelled
  5. have shrivelled
  6. have shrivelled
past continuous
  1. was shrivelling
  2. were shrivelling
  3. was shrivelling
  4. were shrivelling
  5. were shrivelling
  6. were shrivelling
future
  1. shall shrivel
  2. will shrivel
  3. will shrivel
  4. shall shrivel
  5. will shrivel
  6. will shrivel
continuous present
  1. am shrivelling
  2. are shrivelling
  3. is shrivelling
  4. are shrivelling
  5. are shrivelling
  6. are shrivelling
subjunctive
  1. be shrivelled
  2. be shrivelled
  3. be shrivelled
  4. be shrivelled
  5. be shrivelled
  6. be shrivelled
diverse
  1. shrivel!
  2. let's shrivel!
  5. shrivelled
  6. shrivelling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "shrivel":

  • shriveling

Alternate Synonyms for "shrivel":


Related Definitions for "shrivel":

  1. decrease in size, range, or extent1
    • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me1
  2. wither, as with a loss of moisture1
    • The fruit dried and shriveled1







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