Synonyms for shriveled
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : shriv-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃrɪv əl |
Top 10 synonyms for shriveled Other synonyms for the word shriveled
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for shriveled
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