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shrunken
adjective
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
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adjective
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
“our shriveled receipts during the storm”
adjective
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
“the old woman's shriveled skin”
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our shriveled receipts during the storm
as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
the dollar's shrunken buying power
the old woman's shriveled skin
he looked shriveled and ill
a shrunken old man
{'source': 'W.F.Starkie', 'text': 'a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws'}
he did well despite his withered arm
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