Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizened. "He looked shriveled and ill" , "A shrunken old man" , "A lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws" , "He did well despite his withered arm" , "A wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"