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shriveled adjective
Meaning : (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture.
Example :
Dried-up grass.
The desert was edged with sere vegetation.
Shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings.
Withered vines.
Synonyms : dried-up, sear, sere, shrivelled, withered
Translation in other languages :
যার সবুজত্ব চলে গেছে
গরমে শুকিয়ে যাওয়া গাছপালা বৃষ্টির ফোঁটা পড়ামাত্র সবুজ শ্যামল হয়ে গেলসবুজ শ্যামল হয়ে যাওয়া
Meaning : Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
Example :
The old woman's shriveled skin.
He looked shriveled and ill.
A shrunken old man.
A lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws.
He did well despite his withered arm.
A wizened little man with frizzy grey hair.
Synonyms : shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
Meaning : Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity.
Example :
Our shriveled receipts during the storm.
As the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled.
The dollar's shrunken buying power.
Synonyms : shrivelled, shrunken
