shrunken
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(verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture. Synonyms: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither. Examples: "The fruit dried and shriveled."
Verb Definition 1
(verb) draw back, as with fear or pain. Synonyms: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail. Examples: "She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf."
Verb Definition 2
(verb) reduce in size; reduce physically. Synonyms: shrink, reduce. Examples: "Hot water will shrink the sweater." "Can you shrink this image?."
Verb Definition 3
(verb) become smaller or draw together. Synonyms: shrink, contract. Examples: "The fabric shrank." "The balloon shrank."
Verb Definition 4
(verb) decrease in size, range, or extent. Synonyms: shrink, shrivel. Examples: "His earnings shrank." "My courage shrivelled when i saw the task before me."
Verb Definition 5
(adj) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened. Examples: "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."
Adjective Definition 1