shriveled

Adjective

Synonyms: dried-up sere sear shrivelled withered shrunken wizen wizened

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture“dried-up grass”“the desert was edged with sere vegetation”“shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings”“withered vines”Synonyms: dried-up sere sear shrivelled withered
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness“the old woman's shriveled skin”“he looked shriveled and ill”“a shrunken old man”“a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws — W.F.Starkie”“he did well despite his withered arm”“a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair”Synonyms: shrivelled shrunken withered wizen wizened
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity“our shriveled receipts during the storm”“as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled”“the dollar's shrunken buying power”Synonyms: shrivelled shrunken

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Shrivel \Shriv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shriveledor Shrivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriveling or Shrivelling.] [Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw. skr["o]pling feeble, Dan. skr["o]belig, Icel. skrj?pr brittle, frail.] To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]