wrinkle and contract or cause to wrinkle and contract, especially due to loss of moisture: [no object]:the flowers simply shrivelled up [with object]:a heatwave so intense that it shrivelled the grapes in every vineyard
[no object] lose momentum, will, or desire:as American interest shrivelled, so did the government’s
[with object] cause to feel worthless or insignificant:she shrivelled him with one glance
