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Another word for shrink

shrink Synonyms

shrink

v.

To become smaller
contract, shrivel, shorten, narrow; see contract 1.
To recoil
withdraw, blench, flinch, shy away; see recoil. See syn. study at contract.

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Another word for shrink

verb

To reduce in size, as by drawing together:
compact¹, compress, constrict, constringe, contract. See increase
To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust:
blench¹, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shy¹, start, wince. See approach, seek

noun

An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion:

cringe, flinch, recoil, wince. See approach, seek

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She wanted to shrink away and hide.
He's much better now and it's not just the shrink he's seeing.
He's spent half the day on the phone with his shrink-doctor.
Deidre resisted the urge to shrink back as she turned.
The willows in the Arctic drainage basin shrink to shrubs scarcely knee-high.

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