Dictionary Check: shrivelled

"shrivelled" is a valid word!

Scrabble 17 points
Words with Friends 19 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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verb

wither, as with a loss of moisture

Example: "The fruit dried and shriveled"
verb

decrease in size, range, or extent

Example: "His earnings shrank"
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