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Definition of wizened in English: wizenedadjective ˈwɪz(ə)ndˈwɪzənd Shrivelled or wrinkled with age. （因年老而）干枯的，干瘪的 a wizened, weather-beaten old man 一位饱经风霜的干瘪老头。 Example sentencesExamples - In my view, however, the wizened polymath did well.
- In a flash of light, Aidan shriveled to a wizened old man of about 3 feet tall.
- You can almost see him as a wizened woman, too arthritic to stand over a pot with a spoon, but quite capable of directing from a chair in the corner.
- She returned later that day in the back of a police car to find two very grey old people, now wizened and wrinkly after the experience.
- The wizened old men are bracing themselves for the coming conflict.
- A wizened man in white shirt and white tucked-up dhoti, with a dark green headcloth, put thatch on the roof of the beachside pavilion.
- Cory introduced himself to the first person he spied, a wizened old woman on a stool at the door, meticulously cutting thin strips of leather.
- He was better pleased with the rounded amplitudes of the Danae and the Venuses painted for him by Titian, than by El Greco's wizened male nudes the colour of fog.
- If you go to the harbour, there are wizened old ladies selling beautiful hand-made lace and tablecloths for a fraction of what they'd cost back home.
- Mr. Edwards appeared to be some type of shrew, but a wizened, shrunken shell of one.
- The first time I saw Wiwin, she looked like a wizened old woman, with wrinkly, hairy skin and big, unblinking eyes.
- Ray Caesar creates fantastical, grimly hopeful and gravely whimsical images of wizened children who radiate an enigmatic serenity.
- Several portraits feature beautiful faces, some with deeply lined, wizened countenances.
- We've just reached the summit of Pendle Hill in Lancashire when the image of the three wizened witches from Macbeth skips across my mind's eye.
- His wizened and wrinkled face and his long, flowing beard contrasted sharply with the aura of power that seemed to flow from him.
- Gnarled and wizened but full of life, they light every page on which they appear.
- No longer the bendy punk-rappers of yesteryear, slightly wizened where they were once wiry, not even these boys can hide from adulthood any more.
- He is two years old but his face is that of a wizened old man, his hair sparse and patched.
- His wrinkles overlapped his pox scars, giving him a wizened wizard look.
- The ancient waiting-woman bows her head in awe, and a flicker of unfamiliar happiness crosses the deeply wizened depths of her face.
Synonyms wrinkled, lined, creased, shrivelled (up), withered, weather-beaten, thin, shrunken, gnarled, dried up, worn, wasted literary sere
OriginEarly 16th century: past participle of archaic wizen 'shrivel', of Germanic origin. Definition of wizened in US English: wizenedadjectiveˈwizəndˈwɪzənd Shriveled or wrinkled with age. （因年老而）干枯的，干瘪的 a wizened, weather-beaten old man 一位饱经风霜的干瘪老头。 Example sentencesExamples - The ancient waiting-woman bows her head in awe, and a flicker of unfamiliar happiness crosses the deeply wizened depths of her face.
- No longer the bendy punk-rappers of yesteryear, slightly wizened where they were once wiry, not even these boys can hide from adulthood any more.
- In my view, however, the wizened polymath did well.
- He is two years old but his face is that of a wizened old man, his hair sparse and patched.
- His wizened and wrinkled face and his long, flowing beard contrasted sharply with the aura of power that seemed to flow from him.
- His wrinkles overlapped his pox scars, giving him a wizened wizard look.
- If you go to the harbour, there are wizened old ladies selling beautiful hand-made lace and tablecloths for a fraction of what they'd cost back home.
- You can almost see him as a wizened woman, too arthritic to stand over a pot with a spoon, but quite capable of directing from a chair in the corner.
- A wizened man in white shirt and white tucked-up dhoti, with a dark green headcloth, put thatch on the roof of the beachside pavilion.
- Cory introduced himself to the first person he spied, a wizened old woman on a stool at the door, meticulously cutting thin strips of leather.
- We've just reached the summit of Pendle Hill in Lancashire when the image of the three wizened witches from Macbeth skips across my mind's eye.
- He was better pleased with the rounded amplitudes of the Danae and the Venuses painted for him by Titian, than by El Greco's wizened male nudes the colour of fog.
- Mr. Edwards appeared to be some type of shrew, but a wizened, shrunken shell of one.
- The wizened old men are bracing themselves for the coming conflict.
- In a flash of light, Aidan shriveled to a wizened old man of about 3 feet tall.
- She returned later that day in the back of a police car to find two very grey old people, now wizened and wrinkly after the experience.
- Gnarled and wizened but full of life, they light every page on which they appear.
- The first time I saw Wiwin, she looked like a wizened old woman, with wrinkly, hairy skin and big, unblinking eyes.
- Ray Caesar creates fantastical, grimly hopeful and gravely whimsical images of wizened children who radiate an enigmatic serenity.
- Several portraits feature beautiful faces, some with deeply lined, wizened countenances.
Synonyms wrinkled, lined, creased, shrivelled, shrivelled up, withered, weather-beaten, thin, shrunken, gnarled, dried up, worn, wasted
OriginEarly 16th century: past participle of archaic wizen ‘shrivel’, of Germanic origin. |