Synonyms of wizened

wizened 1 of 2

adjective

as in gaunt

dry and wrinkled usually because of old age

the old man's wizened face

Related Words

• gaunt
• skeletal
• haggard
• skinny
• bony
• withered
• shriveled
• starved
• emaciated
• thin
• hungry
• lanky
• scrawny
• starving
• cadaverous
• sinewy
• lank
• wasted
• undernourished
• rawboned
• underfed
• scraggy
• spare
• famished

Dissimilar Words

• burly
• healthy
• brawny
• husky
• beefy
• hearty
• hale
• fit
• plump
• pudgy
• chubby
• stocky
• portly
• corpulent
• rotund
• fleshy
• fat
• obese
• overweight
• heavyset
• tubby
• thickset
• flabby
• soft
• roly-poly

wizened

2 of 2

verb

past tense of wizen

as in shriveled

Related Words

• shriveled
• withered
• mummified
• dried
• faded
• wilted
• waned
• diminished
• decreased
• declined
• lessened

Dissimilar Words

• revived
• flourished
• grew
• prospered
• increased
• developed
• thrived
• bloomed
• freshened
• waxed
• peaked
• surged
• crested

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wizened

Adjective

His wizened next-door neighbors (Mary Woodvine and Adrian Rawlins) are younger, mistaking him for their son Luke, a former crew member of the Rose of Nevada who died by suicide. — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

Nobody has ever wanted to watch the singer from Foreigner play baseball against Wally Joyner and a wizened Bobby Brady, and yet MTV leaned on the less-than-spectacular spectacle throughout the ‘90s. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026

While the beautiful people always display youth (even if it’s paid for), the always original Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio was unrecognizable, doubling his actual age of 32 with wizened grey hair, beard and bushy eyebrows, prosthetic wrinkles and a cane. — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026

Yoda Don’t underestimate the wizened little green guy putzing around with a laser sword. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026

Expect big feelings and a playful, wizened heart. — ABC News, 1 May 2026

In front of the butcher’s near where the painter lives, a vendor, wizened and bent, sets up shop. — Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026

But more alarming than the ways in which this physical space could turn against us was the simple metaphor of a wizened little man pulling a boat down a river in the dark. — Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

Arsenal also agreed a deal for another teenager, the 16-year-old Shamrock Rovers midfielder Victor Ozhianvuna, a wizened old veteran by comparison. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025