Meaning & Definition of Wizened in English

1. 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"