Usually means: Dried up, wrinkled, reduced size.
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▸ adjective:  Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
▸ adjective:  Collapsed in size.

Similar:
sear, withered, dry, wizen, lean, sere, thin, shrunken, reduced, decreased, more...

Opposite:
plump, swollen, inflated

Phrases:
shrivelled up, a man of shrivelled and shrunken form, more...

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Similar:
sear, withered, dry, wizen, lean, sere, thin, shrunken, reduced, decreased, more...

Opposite:
plump, swollen, inflated

Phrases:
shrivelled up, a man of shrivelled and shrunken form, more...



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