Standard Lemma guide

wizened

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɪzənd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈwɪzənd/
  • General-American, uncommon: /ˈwaɪzənd/
  • rhymes with -ɪzənd
  • CMU ARPABET: W AY1 Z AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of wizen

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness-W.F.Starkie

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: չորացած (čʻoracʻac) — withered
  • Armenian: ցամաքած (cʻamakʻac) — withered
  • Armenian: թառամած (tʻaṙamac) — withered
  • Armenian: վտիտ (vtit) — withered
  • Armenian: կնճռոտ (knčṙot) — withered
  • Armenian: կուչ եկած (kučʻ ekac) — withered
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾癟的 /干瘪的 (gānbiě de) — withered
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滿臉皺紋的 /满脸皱纹的 (mǎnliǎn zhòuwén de) — withered
  • Czech: scvrklý — withered
  • Czech: vrásčitý — withered
  • Czech: seschlý — withered
  • Dutch: verschrompeld — withered
  • Dutch: gekrompen — withered
  • Dutch: ineengekrompen — withered
  • Finnish: kuihtunut — withered
  • Finnish: kurttuinen — withered
  • French: ratatiné — withered
  • German: runzelig — withered
  • German: schrumpelig — withered
  • Ido: velkinta — withered
  • Irish: casta — withered
  • Māori: rehe — withered
  • Māori: rerehe — withered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sammenskrumpet — withered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innskrumpet — withered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vissen — withered
  • Plautdietsch: dennbakich — withered
  • Portuguese: encarquilhado — withered
  • Spanish: enjuto — withered
  • Turkish: pörsük — withered
  • Turkish: buruşuk — withered
  • Turkish: kırışık — withered
  • Ukrainian: висохлий (vysoxlyj) — withered
  • Ukrainian: зморщений (zmorščenyj) — withered