Verb

• S: (v) shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither (wither, as with a loss of moisture) "The fruit dried and shriveled"
• S: (v) fade, wither (lose freshness, vigor, or vitality) "Her bloom was fading"

Adjective

• S: (adj) shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened (lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness) "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"
• S: (adj) dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered ((used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture) "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"