shrivellings
Withering into wrinkles
Shrivellings are instances or processes of becoming shriveled—dried up, wrinkled, and reduced in size.
The word captures both physical shrinkage, as when fruit shrivellings occur from dehydration, and figurative diminishment: the shrivellings of hope, the slow shrivellings of ambition over time.
Forming small folds
- contractionsShortened word forms
- puckeringsContracted wrinkles or folds
- crinklingsSmall wrinkle formations
- witheringsActs of drying up
shrinkages · dryings · creasings · folds · corrugations · dehydrations · parching · crisping
Loss of plant rigidity
- fadingsGradual losses of strength
- declinesRefuses or diminishes
- deteriorationsProcesses of worsening
- weakeningsActs of reducing strength
failings · contractions · reductions · losses · ebbing · fallings · dissipations
wrinklings
Forming small folds
- contractionsShortened word forms
- puckeringsContracted wrinkles or folds
- crinklingsSmall wrinkle formations
witherings · shrinkages · dryings · creasings · folds · corrugations · dehydrations · parching · crisping · wiltings
witherings
Acts of drying up
wiltings
Loss of plant rigidity
- fadingsGradual losses of strength
- declinesRefuses or diminishes
- deteriorationsProcesses of worsening
weakenings · failings · contractions · reductions · losses · ebbing · fallings · dissipations
shrivellingsexpansions
Increases in size
swellings · enlargements · growths · inflations · distensions
shrivellingshydrations
Adding water to something
plumpings · rejuvenations · revitalizations · revivals · quickenings