Shrunken Synonyms and Antonyms

zhruŋkən
Physically haggard
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. shriveled
  2. withered
  3. shrivelled
  4. withdrawn
  5. cadaverous
  6. drawn
  7. dwindled
  8. emaciated
  9. gaunt
  10. contracted
  11. skeletal
  12. wasted
  13. wizen
  14. wizened
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Wither, as with a loss of moisture
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. withered
  2. shrivelled
Decrease in size, range, or extent
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shrivelled
Draw back, as with fear or pain
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. quailed
  2. recoiled
  3. winced
  4. cringed
  5. flinched
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Words Related to Shrunken

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Shrunken Sentence Examples

  • His figure was crooked, his limbs shrunken; his hair hung in dishevelled locks over his haggard countenance.

  • Great Salt Lake is a shrunken remnant of Lake Bonneville.

  • Two gates, the one of the time of Edward I., the other erected early in the 15th century, overlook the marshes; a third stands at a considerable distance west of the town, its position pointing the contrast between the extent of the ancient town and that of the shrunken village of to-day.

  • In a few instances, such bodies, probably more than five thousand years old, have been found with skin and hair well preserved though dried and shrunken; usually everything but the bones has decayed.

  • Earlier, the processes of mummification produced a skeleton merely clothed in a dry and shrunken skin.

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