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shrivelled

10 letters · 8 distinct letters

  1. verb

    wither, as with a loss of moisture

    The fruit dried and shriveled

  2. verb

    decrease in size, range, or extent

    His earnings shrank

  3. adjective

    (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

    dried up grass

  4. adjective

    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

    the old woman's shriveled skin

  5. adjective

    reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

    our shriveled receipts during the storm

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