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    wizen

    wizen - Dictionary definition and meaning for word wizen

    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 wizen

wizen: think of "wise" - wises are old peoples and they has wrinkled skin.

WIZEN === WIDEN.. THEREFORE OPPOSITE OF WIDEN IS WHAT WIZEN MEANS..

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