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adjective
- 1. shrivelled or wrinkled with age: "a wizened, weather-beaten old man"
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WIZENED definition: 1. small and having dry skin with lines in it, especially because of old age: 2. small and having…. Learn more.
to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality; to cause to wizen… See the full definition
The verb wizen has fallen out of usage, but the past participle, wizened, continues to function as an adjective meaning wrinkled and shrunken with age or disease. You will see lots of elderly, wizened faces at the park feeding the birds and watching the children play.
A wizened person is old and has a lot of lines on their skin. ...a little wizened old fellow with no teeth. Synonyms: wrinkled, lined, worn, withered More Synonyms of wizened. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Wizened definition: withered; shriveled. See examples of WIZENED used in a sentence.
WIZENED meaning: 1. small and having dry skin with lines in it, especially because of old age: 2. small and having…. Learn more.
Definition of wizened adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Wizened Definition. wĭzənd. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. Dried up; shriveled; withered. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. Wiktionary. Synonyms: wizen. withered. shrunken. shrivelled. shriveled. sere. dried. lean. aged.
Define wizened. wizened synonyms, wizened pronunciation, wizened translation, English dictionary definition of wizened. adj. Withered; wizen. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
verb. wizened. To dry up; wither; shrivel. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cause to wither, shrivel, or dry up. American Heritage. To wither; to become lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. Wiktionary. Synonyms: dry up. wither. shrivel. sear. mummify. adjective. Shriveled or dried up; withered. American Heritage.
