| ADJECTIVE | all | shrunken, shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness |
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| all | shrunken, shriveled, shrivelled | reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity |
| Sounds | shrah'ngkahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. | |
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| Example | "a shrunken old man" | |
| Synonyms | shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened | |
| Broader | thin, lean | lacking excess flesh |
| Spanish | arrugado, debilitado, flojo | |
| Catalan | arrugat, debilitat, fluix | |
| Meaning | Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity. | |
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| Example | "the dollar's shrunken buying power" | |
| Synonyms | shriveled, shrivelled | |
| Broader | decreased, reduced | made less in size or amount or degree |
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