Dictionary Check: shriveled

"shriveled" is a valid word!

Scrabble 16 points
Words with Friends 17 points

Definition

adjective

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

Example: "dried-up grass"
adjective

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness

Example: "the old woman's shriveled skin"
adjective

reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

Example: "our shriveled receipts during the storm"
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