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shrivelled

verb as in dehydrate, dry up

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But as European governments cut back on the price they were willing to pay for drugs, European pharmaceutical research shrivelled.

I would rather go to church with Dolly in homespun, than ride in a carriage beside that shrivelled piece of tanned leather.

His skin was shrivelled like that of a preserved fig, and he wore big horn-rimmed spectacles.

A little cringing shrivelled old man stood up in astonishment.

The little shrivelled don who had been omniscient about guns joined in the baiting, and displayed himself a venomous creature.

That magnificent proposition shrivelled to nothing in the black loneliness of that night.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shrivelled, such as: dwindle, wilt, wither, shrink, welter, and sear.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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