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wizened - Dictionary definition and meaning for word wizened

Definition
(adj) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Example Sentence
  • the old woman's shriveled skin
  • 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
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wizened

wizened - old people are experienced and WISE... and they are FEEBLE, WEAK, they SHRIVEL, WITHER
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by the suspect
wizened = wise+end wise (old) people reach their end as death & their body decays
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by grr
relate it to the word WISE... think of a lady who has gained wisdom as she has aged and grown old and shriveled up.
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by preetisoni2411
widened <-- --> wizened --> <-- get it??
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by lord_slayer
YZend...when you have Y,Z written on your face as tatoo, you faace is WIZENED
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