If someone or something is shriveled or shrunken with age, it is withered. If your skin is looking a little withered from being out in the sun all the time, it's time for a really good moisturizer.
Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.
Adjective S.
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
Adjective S.
(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"
imp. & p. p.
of Wither
a.
Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.
Withered
Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away.
Usage Examples
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
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Other Usage ExamplesAs a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
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