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Adjective shrivelled has 3 senses
- dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered - (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"
Antonym: wet (indirect, via dry)
- shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened - 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 gray hair"
Antonym: fat (indirect, via thin)
- shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken - 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"
Antonym: increased (indirect, via decreased)
Verb shrivel has 2 senses
- shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither - wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
--1 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- shrink, shrivel - decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
--2 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Their earnings shrivel this year
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