Added 9 October 2026 shriveled adjective Categories: Describing WordsRare Words In Latin: viētus Wiktionary adjective ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about shriveled at Wordnik → Where our words come from → (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture. dried-up grass Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. the old woman's shriveled skin Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity. our shriveled receipts during the storm Related Words: shrunkenwitheredwizenedwizensearthinreducedleanseredrydecreaseddried-up Back to today's word