[
US
/ˈwaɪzənd/
]
[ UK /wˈɪzənd/ ]
[ UK /wˈɪzənd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
he looked shriveled and ill
a shrunken old man
a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws
a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
the old woman's shriveled skin
he did well despite his withered arm
How To Use wizened In A Sentence
- These wizened men, who have seen more of life than I wish to imagine, become silent guardians. Ben Colclough: Walking on top of the world
- She complained of a headache, and she looked old and wizened.
- Lachlan didna ken what father meant, and the heart wes wizened in the breist o 'him wi' pride an 'diveenity. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
- When you turn on your TV, you may see a wizened old man making plebs laugh with his bad wigs and big chin, but we see someone else entirely.
- Now wizened, and hopefully wiser too, he still is not able to leave an impression on anybody except two real nincompoops in the film.
- His wizened features were very even and his grey hair so abundantly thick and wavy as to make him look almost top-heavy. THE MARSHAL AND THE MURDERER
- A wizened man in white shirt and white tucked-up dhoti, with a dark green headcloth, put thatch on the roof of the beachside pavilion.
- The wizened old men are bracing themselves for the coming conflict.
- She props up her skeletal frame, wizened beyond her 48 years, with spindly arms wrapped around a twisted cane.
- In the centre was a small wizened bulb like a tiny onion.
