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Another word for shrink

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Verb

  1. To reduce in size, as by drawing together

    See also:

    increase

  2. To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust

    See also:

    seek

    approach

Noun

  1. An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion

    See also:

    seek

    approach

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Another word for shrink

Verb

  1. To become smaller

    See also:

    contract

  2. To recoil

    See also:

    contract

    recoil

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Sentence Examples

  • She wanted to shrink away and hide.

  • He's much better now and it's not just the shrink he's seeing.

  • The look on his face made her shrink back from him.

  • Deidre resisted the urge to shrink back as she turned.

  • First he's telling everything to a shrink; now this bimbo!

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