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1. • Vegetation

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1. dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, witheredadjective

   (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

   "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

   Antonyms:
   fat, increased, wet

   Synonyms:
   wizen, shrunken, sere, sear, shriveled, wizened, withered, dried-up

2. shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizenedadjective

   lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

   "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"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

   Antonyms:
   wet, increased, fat

   Synonyms:
   wizen, shrunken, sere, sear, shriveled, wizened, withered, dried-up

3. shriveled, shrivelled, shrunkenadjective

   reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

   "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"

   Antonyms:
   wet, increased, fat

   Synonyms:
   wizen, shrunken, sere, sear, shriveled, wizened, withered, dried-up

How to use shrivelled in a sentence?

1. Marie Dressler:

   What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind- the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other that has always been my firm faith about friendship.

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