Definition of shriveled

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• shriveled is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
• shriveled is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
• shriveled is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of shriveled

• lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the old woman's shriveled skin
  2. he looked shriveled and ill

  Synonyms

  1. shrivelled
  2. shrunken
  3. withered
  4. wizen
  5. wizened
• (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture (adjective)

  Examples

  1. shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings

  Synonyms

  1. dried-up
  2. sear
  3. sere
  4. shrivelled
  5. withered
• reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity (adjective)

  Examples

  1. our shriveled receipts during the storm
  2. as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled

  Synonyms

  1. shrivelled
  2. shrunken

See definition of shriveled in Merriam Webster