Wizened — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɪzənd/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɪzənd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɪzənd/

3 syllables Say it as /wˈɪzənd/.

Examples

the old woman's shriveled skin
he looked shriveled and ill
a shrunken old man

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shriveled wizen shrunken shrivelled withered

Parts of Speech

adjective

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

“the old woman's shriveled skin”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

runzlig

mager und faltig durch Schrumpfung aufgrund von Alter oder Krankheit; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇫🇷French

desséché

maigre et ridé par rétrécissement dû à l'âge ou à la maladie; ; ; ; -W.F. Starkie

🇪🇸Spanish

arrugado

delgado y arrugado por el encogimiento debido a la edad o enfermedad; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇮🇹Italian

avvizzito

magro e rugoso per restringimento come per età o malattia; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇳🇱Dutch

verschrompeld

mager en gerimpeld door krimp als gevolg van leeftijd of ziekte; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇵🇹Portuguese

enrugado

magro e enrugado pelo encolhimento causado pela idade ou doença; ; ; ; -WFStarkie

🇷🇺Russian

высохший

худой и морщинистый от старости или болезни; ; ; ; -В.Ф.Старки

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वाइज़्ड

उम्र या बीमारी के कारण सिकुड़न के कारण दुबला और झुर्रीदार; ; ; ; -डब्ल्यू.एफ.स्टार्की

🇮🇳Tamil

புத்திசாலித்தனமான

வயது அல்லது நோய் போன்ற சுருங்குவதன் மூலம் மெலிந்த மற்றும் சுருக்கங்கள்; ; ; ; -W.F.ஸ்டார்கி

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિઝન

ઉંમર અથવા માંદગીની જેમ સંકોચન દ્વારા દુર્બળ અને કરચલીઓ; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇮🇳Kannada

wized

ವಯಸ್ಸು ಅಥವಾ ಅನಾರೋಗ್ಯದಿಂದ ಕುಗ್ಗುವಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ತೆಳ್ಳಗಿನ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಕ್ಕುಗಟ್ಟಿದ; ; ; ; -ಡಬ್ಲ್ಯೂ.ಎಫ್.ಸ್ಟಾರ್ಕಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജ്ഞാനപൂർവം

പ്രായം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അസുഖം പോലെ ചുരുങ്ങൽ വഴി മെലിഞ്ഞു ചുളിവുകൾ; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

干瘪

由于年龄或疾病造成的收缩而变得瘦削和皱纹； ; ; ; ——W·F·斯塔基

🇯🇵Japanese

しわが寄った

加齢や病気による縮みで痩せていてしわが寄っている。 ; ; ; -W.F.スターキー

🇰🇷Korean

시든

나이나 질병으로 인한 수축으로 인해 마르고 주름이 집니다. ; ; ; -W.F.스타키

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dăn deo

gầy và nhăn nheo do tuổi tác hoặc bệnh tật; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇹🇭Thai

เหี่ยวเฉา

ผอมเพรียวเหี่ยวย่นตามอายุหรือความเจ็บป่วย ; ; ; -W.F.สตาร์กี้

🇮🇩Indonesian

keriput

kurus dan keriput karena penyusutan karena usia atau penyakit; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇵🇭Filipino

nabigla

payat at kulubot dahil sa pag-urong bilang mula sa edad o sakit; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇲🇾Malay

keriput

kurus dan berkedut akibat pengecutan seperti usia atau sakit; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ذابل

هزيل ومتجعد بسبب الانكماش بسبب التقدم في السن أو المرض؛ ; ; ; -دبليو إف ستاركي

🇮🇷Persian

مات شده

لاغر و چروکیده شده در اثر چروک شدن از سن یا بیماری. ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇹🇷Turkish

buruşmuş

yaş veya hastalıktan dolayı küçülme nedeniyle zayıf ve buruşmuş; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְצוּמָק

רזה ומקומט בגלל הצטמקות מגיל או מחלה; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

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The primary meaning of 'wizened' is 'lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie'.

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