shriveled

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shriveled

adjective more shriveled · most shriveled · shrivelled

US Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant. A prune is a shriveled plum.
US Collapsed in size. Her lips looked too shriveled to close over her teeth.

verb shrivelled

US, participle, past simple past and past participle of shrivel

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@misc{shriveled_2026,
  title = {shriveled},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shriveled},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}