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wrinkled and withered

dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered(adj)

(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"

shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened(adj)

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"

shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken(adj)

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"

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