What is another word for shrivel?
761 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃɹˈɪvə͡l], [ ʃɹˈɪvəl], [ ʃ_ɹ_ˈɪ_v_əl]
When things shrink or wither due to heat, humidity, or age, they can be called shriveled. However, there are several other ways to describe this process. The term wilting describes the process of flowers or plants losing their turgor pressure and drooping. The word withered suggests the process of drying up and losing vitality. If something has become lethargic or diminished in strength, the word desiccated could be used. Meanwhile, the term shrunken conveys the idea of something becoming smaller or tighter. Finally, parched can be used to describe any object that has dried out due to exposure to sunlight or a lack of moisture.
Synonyms for Shrivel:
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• blast • blight- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- glitches up ,
- glitching up ,
- nip bud ,
- nip in bud ,
- nip the bud .
- Syncopating ,
- boiled down ,
- boiling down ,
- de hydrate ,
- de hydrated ,
- de hydrates ,
- de hydrating ,
- de-hydrate ,
- de-hydrated ,
- de-hydrates ,
- de-hydrating ,
- densened ,
- densening ,
- densens ,
- densified ,
- densifies ,
- densifying ,
- force in to space ,
- forced in to space ,
- forced into space ,
- forces in to space ,
- forces into space ,
- forcing in to space ,
- forcing into space ,
- made brief ,
- makes brief ,
- making brief ,
- presses together ,
- pressing together ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re strict ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-strict ,
- syncopates ,
- tele scoped ,
- tele scoping ,
- tele-scoped ,
- tele-scoping .
- becomes smaller ,
- becoming smaller ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- drawing in ,
- draws in ,
- fell away ,
- grew less ,
- growing less ,
- re cede ,
- re ceded ,
- re cedes ,
- re ceding ,
- re-cede ,
- re-ceded ,
- re-cedes ,
- re-ceding ,
- sub side ,
- sub sided ,
- sub sides ,
- sub siding ,
- sub-side ,
- sub-sided ,
- sub-sides ,
- sub-siding .
- am impaired ,
- are impaired ,
- art impaired ,
- became contaminated ,
- becomes contaminated ,
- becoming contaminated ,
- being impaired ,
- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de compose ,
- de composed ,
- de composes ,
- de composing ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de generate ,
- de generated ,
- de generates ,
- de generating ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- de-compose ,
- de-composed ,
- de-composes ,
- de-composing ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- de-generate ,
- de-generated ,
- de-generates ,
- de-generating ,
- dis color ,
- dis colored ,
- dis coloring ,
- dis colors ,
- dis integrate ,
- dis integrated ,
- dis integrates ,
- dis integrating ,
- dis solve ,
- dis solved ,
- dis solves ,
- dis solving ,
- dis-color ,
- dis-colored ,
- dis-coloring ,
- dis-colors ,
- dis-integrate ,
- dis-integrated ,
- dis-integrates ,
- dis-integrating ,
- dis-solve ,
- dis-solved ,
- dis-solves ,
- dis-solving ,
- disco loring ,
- disco-loring ,
- dry rots ,
- dry rotted ,
- dry rotting ,
- dry-rots ,
- dry-rotted ,
- dry-rotting ,
- dryrot ,
- dryrots ,
- dryrotted ,
- dryrotting ,
- gat worse ,
- go dogs ,
- go seed ,
- go the dogs ,
- go to dogs ,
- goes dogs ,
- goes seed ,
- goes the dogs ,
- goes to dogs ,
- goes to the dogs ,
- going bad ,
- going dogs ,
- going seed ,
- going the dogs ,
- going to dogs ,
- going to seed ,
- going to the dogs ,
- hit skids ,
- hits rock bottom ,
- hits skids ,
- hits the skids ,
- hitting rock bottom ,
- hitting skids ,
- hitting the skids ,
- is impaired ,
- pejorated ,
- pejorates ,
- pejorating ,
- putresced ,
- putresces ,
- reached depths ,
- reaches depths ,
- reaching depths ,
- was impaired ,
- wast impaired ,
- wastes away ,
- went bad ,
- went dogs ,
- went seed ,
- went the dogs ,
- went to dogs ,
- went to seed ,
- went to the dogs ,
- were impaired ,
- wert impaired ,
- wore away .
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de valuate ,
- de valuated ,
- de valuates ,
- de valuating ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- de-valuate ,
- de-valuated ,
- de-valuates ,
- de-valuating ,
- dieing down ,
- dries up ,
- loses edge ,
- losing edge ,
- lost edge ,
- narrowed down ,
- narrowing down ,
- narrows down ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- running low ,
- runs low ,
- slacked off ,
- slacks off ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- tailed off ,
- tails off .
- anhydrated ,
- anhydrates ,
- anhydrating ,
- de vitalize ,
- de vitalized ,
- de vitalizes ,
- de vitalizing ,
- de-vitalize ,
- de-vitalized ,
- de-vitalizes ,
- de-vitalizing ,
- wizening ,
- wizens .
- dieing out ,
- dies out ,
- dying out ,
- faded away ,
- minifies ,
- re trench ,
- re trenched ,
- re trenches ,
- re trenching ,
- re-trench ,
- re-trenched ,
- re-trenches ,
- re-trenching .
- Freeze Drying ,
- Torrefied ,
- Torrefying ,
- de humidified ,
- de humidifies ,
- de humidify ,
- de humidifying ,
- de-humidified ,
- de-humidifies ,
- de-humidify ,
- de-humidifying ,
- freeze dried ,
- freeze dries ,
- freeze dry ,
- freeze-dries ,
- freezedried ,
- freezedries ,
- freezedry ,
- freezedrying ,
- kilned ,
- kilning ,
- torrefies .
- die vine ,
- died on vine ,
- died vine ,
- dieing on vine ,
- dieing vine ,
- dies on vine ,
- dies vine ,
- dis appear ,
- dis appeared ,
- dis appearing ,
- dis appears ,
- dis perse ,
- dis-appear ,
- dis-appeared ,
- dis-appearing ,
- dis-appears ,
- dis-perse ,
- dying on vine ,
- dying vine ,
- evanished ,
- evanishes ,
- evanishing ,
- fagging out ,
- fags out ,
- melted away ,
- melting away ,
- melts away ,
- on vine ,
- tuckering out ,
- tuckers out .
Other synonyms:
- attenuate ,
- chip away ,
- chop ,
- cut back ,
- dampen ,
- debase ,
- deplete ,
- emasculate ,
- grind away at ,
- knock-down ,
- lessen ,
- lop off ,
- narrow down ,
- neuter ,
- nibble away at ,
- pare ,
- roll back ,
- scale back ,
- top-slice ,
- trim down ,
- whittle away ,
- whittle down ,
- winnow down .
- drop .
- cut .
- thin .
- bring down ,
- constrict ,
- cut into ,
- dilute ,
- erode ,
- lighten ,
- lower ,
- minimize ,
- mummify ,
- shave off ,
- slash ,
- tone down ,
- undercut ,
- undermine ,
- wane ,
- weaken .
- mute .
- balance .
Other relevant words:
- Dynamiting ,
- Evanish ,
- Mildewed ,
- Mildewing ,
- Perished ,
- Putresce ,
- Squashing ,
- Telescoping ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trashed ,
- Wedging ,
- anhydrate ,
- atrophied ,
- atrophying ,
- aways ,
- be impaired ,
- become contaminated ,
- become limp ,
- become stale ,
- blast ,
- blight ,
- blistered ,
- boil down ,
- boils down ,
- browned ,
- browning ,
- browns ,
- burn up ,
- burned up ,
- burning up ,
- compress ,
- contract ,
- crumple ,
- curdled ,
- curdling ,
- decay ,
- decrease ,
- densen ,
- densify ,
- desiccate ,
- die away ,
- die on vine ,
- diminish ,
- dried out ,
- dry ,
- dry out ,
- dry rot ,
- dry-rot ,
- drying out ,
- dwindle ,
- dynamited ,
- fade ,
- fag out ,
- fagged out ,
- fall short ,
- falling short ,
- force into space ,
- get worse ,
- gets worse ,
- getting worse ,
- give out ,
- glitch up ,
- glitched up ,
- go bad ,
- go to seed ,
- go to the dogs ,
- goes bad ,
- goes to seed ,
- got worse ,
- gotten worse ,
- grow smaller ,
- hit rock bottom ,
- hit the skids ,
- kill ,
- make brief ,
- make thirsty ,
- mar ,
- melt away ,
- parch ,
- pejorate ,
- pollute ,
- press together ,
- pressed together ,
- putrescing ,
- reach depths ,
- rotted ,
- scorch ,
- sear ,
- shatter ,
- shrink ,
- shrinking ,
- spoil ,
- spoilt ,
- squash ,
- stunting ,
- syncopate ,
- syncopated ,
- telescope ,
- telescoped ,
- telescopes ,
- tire ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- tucker out ,
- tuckered out ,
- waste away ,
- wasted away ,
- wasting away ,
- wear away ,
- wearing away ,
- wears away ,
- wedge ,
- wedged ,
- wilt ,
- wither ,
- wizen .
- Waned ,
- became smaller ,
- become smaller ,
- draw in ,
- drew in ,
- fall away ,
- falling away ,
- falls away ,
- grow less ,
- grows less ,
- lose ,
- recede .
- Crimple ,
- Crimpling ,
- Rucked ,
- Rucking ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- cave in ,
- caves in ,
- caving in ,
- gave way ,
- give way ,
- giving way ,
- wadded ,
- wadding .
- Downs ,
- die down ,
- died down ,
- dies down ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- dried up ,
- dry up ,
- drying up ,
- dying down ,
- lose edge ,
- peter ,
- petering out ,
- ran low ,
- run low ,
- slack off ,
- slackens ,
- slacking off ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- tail off ,
- tailing off ,
- wear down .
- Minified ,
- Minifying ,
- OUTS ,
- die out ,
- died out ,
- fade away ,
- fades away ,
- fading away ,
- minify ,
- outed ,
- tapers .
- Staled ,
- Staling ,
- Torrefy ,
- dehumidified ,
- dehumidifies ,
- dehumidify ,
- dehumidifying ,
- freeze-dried ,
- freeze-dry ,
- freeze-drying ,
- harden ,
- soak up ,
- soaked up ,
- soaking up ,
- soaks up ,
- stales ,
- towel ,
- toweled ,
- toweling ,
- towelled ,
- towelling ,
- towels .
- Drie ,
- Emacerate ,
- Exsiccate ,
- Rimple ,
- Sweal ,
- Weazen ,
- abate ,
- age ,
- air-dry ,
- bake ,
- be on fire ,
- blot ,
- break ,
- brush ,
- burn ,
- burn down ,
- burn in ,
- burn off ,
- burn out ,
- calcine ,
- cheat the undertaker ,
- collapse ,
- concentrate ,
- consume ,
- crack ,
- cringe ,
- crumble ,
- cure ,
- curl ,
- curl up ,
- curtail ,
- de-escalate ,
- decline ,
- dehydrate ,
- deteriorate ,
- die ,
- dodder ,
- drain ,
- draw together ,
- dried ,
- droop ,
- ease ,
- ebb ,
- emaciate ,
- evaporate ,
- extenuate ,
- fail ,
- fall off ,
- fire ,
- flag ,
- flinch ,
- fossilize ,
- funk ,
- get along ,
- get on ,
- go off ,
- grow old ,
- incinerate ,
- insolate ,
- kiln ,
- knock-off ,
- languish ,
- lapse ,
- lin ,
- line ,
- macerate ,
- molder ,
- mummy ,
- narrow ,
- perish ,
- peter out ,
- pine ,
- pucker ,
- pucker up ,
- quail ,
- rankle ,
- recoil ,
- reduce ,
- rot ,
- rub ,
- rust ,
- sag ,
- scald ,
- sink ,
- slacken ,
- smoke ,
- sphacelate ,
- sponge ,
- spring a leak ,
- stale ,
- start ,
- subside ,
- sun ,
- swab ,
- taper off ,
- totter ,
- turn gray ,
- use up ,
- warp ,
- waste ,
- welter ,
- wince ,
- wipe ,
- withers ,
- wrinkle .
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How to use "Shrivel" in context?
When you think of the word "shrink" what comes to mind? Probably a person, costume or piece of fabric that has been reduced in size. But what about the word "shrink"? What does it refer to in the natural world?
When you see a plant or flower in bloom, you might notice that many of the petals have shrivelled up and disappeared. This is because the plant is using the energy from the Sun to create new tissue and grow. When the weather is cooler, the plant draws energy from the root system instead of the Sun and the petals will start to swell up again.
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