'Wizen' definitions:
Definition of 'wizen'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "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"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair" [syn: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened]
Definition of 'Wizen'
From: GCIDE
- Wizen \Wiz"en\, a. Wizened; thin; weazen; withered. [1913 Webster]
- A little lonely, wizen, strangely clad boy. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wizen'
From: GCIDE
- Wizen \Wiz"en\, v. i. [OE. wisenen, AS. wisnian akin to weornian to decay, OHG. wesan?n to grow dry, G. verwesen to rot, Icel. visna to wither, Sw. vissna, Dan. visne, and probably to L. virus an offensive odor, poison. Cf. Virus.] To wither; to dry. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wizen'
From: GCIDE
- Wizen \Wiz"en\, n. The weasand. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wizen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- age,
- air-dry,
- anhydrate,
- attenuate,
- bake,
- blot,
- brush,
- burn,
- cheat the undertaker,
- consume,
- cure,
- decline,
- decrease,
- dehumidify,
- dehydrate,
- desiccate,
- diminish,
- dodder,
- drain,
- droop,
- dry,
- dry up,
- dwindle,
- emacerate,
- emaciate,
- evaporate,
- exsiccate,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fail,
- fire,
- flag,
- get along,
- get on,
- grow old,
- insolate,
- kiln,
- languish,
- macerate,
- mummify,
- mummy,
- parch,
- pine,
- preshrink,
- reduce,
- rub,
- Sanforize,
- scorch,
- sear,
- shake,
- shrink,
- shrivel,
- sink,
- smoke,
- soak up,
- sponge,
- sun,
- sun-dry,
- swab,
- thin,
- torrefy,
- totter,
- towel,
- turn gray,
- turn white,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weazen,
- welter,
- wilt,
- wipe,
- wither,
- wrinkle