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Word | 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 / to become dry or wrinkled as a result of aging / Dried / lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness / looking dried up through age, worn, wrinkled. / withered; shriveled / shriveled or wrinkled with age. / to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality / to cause to wizen a face wizened by age / that is wizened, | |
Usage | ⇒ The wizened old man in the home for the aged was still active and energetic. ⇒ a wizened, weather-beaten old man |
Synonyms | withered, shrivelled, shrunken, shriveled, wizen, thin, sear, wasted, Sere, emaciated, lean, seared, shrunk, wilted, wrinkled, cadaverous, contracted, dried, haggard, pinched, |
Antonyms | facile, fat, fine, lucid, calm, clammy, damp, fat cat, flat, fluent, glossy, graceful, greasy, humid, hydrous, juicy, liquid, luscious, mellow, mild, |
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