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adjective

Definition of wizenednext
as in gaunt
dry and wrinkled usually because of old age the old man's wizened face

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wizened

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verb

past tense of wizen
as in shriveled

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  1. gaunt
  2. haggard
  3. skeletal
Adjective
  • The piece, The Frugal Meal, depicts a gaunt couple at a dinner table before an empty bowl, a small loaf of bread and a bottle of wine.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
  • For many of us, our first exposure to death involved an animal: the firefly in the Mason jar, the bird beneath the window, the deer beside the highway, the beloved cat gone gaunt with age, curled up stiff below the basement stairs.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of gaunt
Adjective
  • The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.
    Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of haggard
Adjective
  • Archaeologists identified at least five grave shafts, including skeletal remains, buttons, a coffin, and coffin hardware.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Most of the skeletal remains come from digs carried out from the 1920s to the late 1950s at Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, and other ancient settlements of the Indus Valley, according to ASI Director BV Sharma.
    ByVaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of skeletal
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