Shrunk Synonyms and Antonyms

zhruŋk
Reduce in size; reduce physically
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. contracted
  2. reduced
  3. shortened
  4. withered
  5. narrowed
  6. withdrawn
  7. winced
  8. weakened
  9. waned
  10. swindled
  11. shied
  12. retreated
  13. retracted
  14. constricted
  15. retired
  16. recoiled
  17. receded
  18. quailed
  19. lessened
  20. huddled
  21. hesitated
  22. flinched
  23. shrivelled
  24. dwindled
  25. diminished
  26. compressed
  27. demurred
  28. decreased
  29. curtailed
  30. cringed
  31. cowered
  32. constructed
  33. condensed
  34. clung
  35. blenched
  36. atrophied
  37. compacted
Antonyms:
  1. increased
  2. stretched
  3. enlarged
  4. developed
  5. grown
  6. expanded
Decrease in size, range, or extent
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shrivelled

Shrunk Sentence Examples

  • He shrunk further back into the shadows of the dining room.

  • Hkamti has shrunk very much from its old size.

  • The population, 5585 in 1881, shrunk in 1901 to 4188, but is increasing owing to the popularity of the town as a summer resort.

  • As will have been seen, they hold an exalted view of the divinity and work of Christ as the Word become flesh and the Saviour of the world; but they have always shrunk from rigid Trinitarian definitions.

  • The dolls had immediately become the reality, and normal scale had magically shrunk by fifty percent.

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