shrivel
51scorch — /skawrch/, v.t. 1. to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it. 2. to parch or shrivel with heat: The sun scorched the grass. 3. to criticize severely. 4. Mach. burn1 …
52rivel — verb /ˈɹɪvəl/ a) To shrivel, wrinkle (up). they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies [...]. b) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel …
53shrivelled — adjective a) Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant. A prune is a shrivelled plum. b) Collapsed in size. His insults, from someone I respect so much, make me want to shrivel up and… …
54mummify — mum·mi·fy məm i .fī vb, fied; fy·ing vt 1) to embalm and dry as or as if a mummy 2 a) to make into or like a mummy b) to cause to dry up and shrivel vi to dry up and shrivel like a mummy <a mummified fetus> …
55parch — Synonyms and related words: Sanforize, air dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, be in heat, blaze, blister, bloom, blot, boil, brand, broil, brush, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, cauterize, char, choke, coal, combust, consume, cook, crack, cupel,… …
56shrink — Synonyms and related words: Sanforize, abate, ablate, about the bush, ache, agonize, ail, analyst, anguish, attenuate, avoid, avoid the limelight, balk at, bate, be eaten away, beat around, beg the question, behavior therapist, blanch, blench,… …
57sear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sere, dry, arid, desiccated, waterless, dry as dust; barren, sterile, effete; yellow, pale, colorless. See dryness, uselessness. v. dry, dehydrate, dessicate; singe, burn, scorch; brand, cauterize;… …
58wilt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. droop, sag; weaken, languish, wither; collapse. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. droop, wither, weaken, flag, dry up, shrivel, fade, go limp, become flaccid, lose freshness, faint. Ant.… …
59mummify — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. embalm, dry up, mortify; see preserve 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dry, shrivel, preserve, desiccate, embalm, swaddle. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make or become no longer fresh or shapely because of loss of… …
60Deterioration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deterioration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deterioration deterioration debasement Sgm: N 1 wane wane ebb Sgm: N 1 recession recession &c. 287 Sgm: N 1 retrogradation retrogradation &c. 283 …
