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adjective
- 1. shrivelled or wrinkled with age: "a wizened, weather-beaten old man"
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Wizen is a verb that means to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled, often as a result of aging or of failing vitality. It can also be an adjective that describes someone or something that is wizened.
Wizened means small and having dry skin with lines in it, especially because of old age. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from various sources.
The verb wizen has fallen out of usage, but the past participle, wizened, continues to function as an adjective meaning wrinkled and shrunken with age or disease. You will see lots of elderly, wizened faces at the park feeding the birds and watching the children play.
Wizened definition: withered; shriveled. See examples of WIZENED used in a sentence.
Wizened means small and having dry skin with lines in it, especially because of old age. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences from various sources.
Wizened means old and having many lines on the skin. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, and find synonyms and related words for wizened.
3 meanings: 1. to make or become shrivelled 2. → a variant of wizened → an archaic word for weasand.... Click for more definitions.
