Antonyms for shriveled

Grammar : Verb

Spell : shriv-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃrɪv əl

Definition of shriveled

Origin : 1560s (implied in shriveled), of unknown origin, not found in Middle English; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel"), perhaps ultimately connected with shrimp (n.) and shrink (v.). Related: Shriveled; shriveling.

verb dehydrate, dry up

Example sentences :

She half-rose, her head thrust forward on her shriveled neck.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

The shriveled leaves were blown from the trees by the fierce gusts.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

I am sure you have seen the corn blades all shriveled on very hot days.
Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett

And I saw too that underneath, toward the back, was a shriveled body.
Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings

Out of the shadows an old woman, bent and shriveled, leaned toward us.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various

Man is the only product of this prolific land which seems stunted and shriveled.
Extract from : « Glances at Europe » by Horace Greeley

But when he touched the apples they shriveled under his hands.
Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum

If a look could have withered him Seth would have shriveled to bare bones.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum

His skin was very dark, and shriveled and wrinkled like the skin of a dried apple.
Extract from : « The Old Tobacco Shop » by William Bowen

His face seemed to have shriveled or melted; his features had grown smaller.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

Synonyms for shriveled

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