shrunken

Verb

Verb Forms: shrink, shrinks, shrinking, shrunk, shrunken

• Past participle of 'shrink,' meaning reduced in size.
• wither, as with a loss of moisture
• draw back, as with fear or pain
• reduce in size; reduce physically
• become smaller or draw together
• decrease in size, range, or extent
• past participle of shrink

Adjective Satellite

• lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie
  • "a shrunken old man"
• reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
  • "the dollar's shrunken buying power"

Adj

• Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled.

Examples

• A shriveled and shrunken appearance.
• The remaining letters in his rack felt shrunken, offering few viable word options.

Synonyms

contract, cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, reduce, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, shriveled, shrivelled, squinch, wince, wither, withered, wizen, wizened

Antonyms

expand, stretch

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