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shrivel

verb

1 shrivel

Wither, as with a loss of moisture:
— The fruit dried and shriveled.

synonyms: shrink, shrivel up, wither.

Roget 195: become small, become smaller; lessen, decrease etc. 36; grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, ... show more

Dutch: indrogen, ineenschrompelen, schrompelen, verdorren, verschrompelen

2 shrivel

Decrease in size, range, or extent:
— My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me.

synonym: shrink.


adjective

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: Sanforize, age, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, blot, brush, burn, cheat the undertaker, consume, contract, cure, curl up, decline, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, diminish, dodder ... show more.

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