Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shrivel
Participle: shriveled; shrivelled
Gerund: shriveling; shrivelling
Indicative
Present
| I | shrivel |
| you | shrivel |
| he;she;it | shrivels |
| we | shrivel |
| you | shrivel |
| they | shrivel |
Perfect
| I | have shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | have shriveled; shrivelled |
| he;she;it | has shriveled; shrivelled |
| we | have shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | have shriveled; shrivelled |
| they | have shriveled; shrivelled |
Past
| I | shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | shriveled; shrivelled |
| he;she;it | shriveled; shrivelled |
| we | shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | shriveled; shrivelled |
| they | shriveled; shrivelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| he;she;it | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| we | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| they | had shriveled; shrivelled |
Future
| I | will shrivel |
| you | will shrivel |
| he;she;it | will shrivel |
| we | will shrivel |
| you | will shrivel |
| they | will shrivel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | will have shriveled; shrivelled |
| he;she;it | will have shriveled; shrivelled |
| we | will have shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | will have shriveled; shrivelled |
| they | will have shriveled; shrivelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shrivel |
| you | shrivel |
| he;she;it | shrivel |
| we | shrivel |
| you | shrivel |
| they | shrivel |
Perfect
| I | have shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | have shriveled; shrivelled |
| he;she;it | have shriveled; shrivelled |
| we | have shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | have shriveled; shrivelled |
| they | have shriveled; shrivelled |
Imperfect
| I | shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | shriveled; shrivelled |
| he;she;it | shriveled; shrivelled |
| we | shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | shriveled; shrivelled |
| they | shriveled; shrivelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| he;she;it | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| we | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | had shriveled; shrivelled |
| they | had shriveled; shrivelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shrivel |
| you | would shrivel |
| he;she;it | would shrivel |
| we | would shrivel |
| you | would shrivel |
| they | would shrivel |
Perfect
| I | would have shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | would have shriveled; shrivelled |
| he;she;it | would have shriveled; shrivelled |
| we | would have shriveled; shrivelled |
| you | would have shriveled; shrivelled |
| they | would have shriveled; shrivelled |
Imperative
| you | shrivel |
| we | Let's shrivel |
| you | shrivel |
Verbs conjugated like 'shrivel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shrivel'
drivel,
rivel,
scrive,
shiver,
shovel,
shrill,
shrine,
shrove,
snivel,
strive,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to become worse
- break down, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, fade, fall off, go bad, go downhill, go off, go to hell, go to pot, go to seed, go to the dogs, lapse, molder, retrograde, suffer, worsen, wane, wither
- wither
- shrink, decrease, scorch, contract, dry, parch, wrinkle
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1565 (implied in
shriveled), of unknown origin, perhaps from a Scand. source (cf. Swed.
skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel").
2. First recorded as shriveled (“shrivelled”), probably of North Germanic origin related to dialectal Swedish skryvla (“to wrinkle, shrivel”); perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (“to shrivel, shrink”) or *skrimpaną (“to shrink”). See: Swedish '
skryvla', Proto-Germanic '
*skrinkwaną'.
Sample Sentences
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The plant shrivelled from lack of water.
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This Upside Down economy was the product, Hansen said, of a shriveling population, the closing of the frontier and the maturing of industries. [2019 August 13, Greg Rosalsky, “Is Our Economy In The Upside Down?”, in NPR, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2020:]
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His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.
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The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.