shrivelled

(verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture. Synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither. Example: "The fruit dried and shriveled."

(verb) decrease in size, range, or extent. Synonyms: shrink, shrivel. Examples: "His earnings shrank." "My courage shrivelled when i saw the task before me."

(adj) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture. Synonyms: dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, withered. Examples: "Dried-up grass." "The desert was edged with sere vegetation." "Shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings." "Withered vines."

(adj) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. Synonyms: shriveled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened. Examples: "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."

(adj) reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity. Synonyms: shriveled, shrunken. Examples: "Our shriveled receipts during the storm." "As the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled." "The dollar's shrunken buying power."