shrinking

Speech parts

1. shrinking - Noun

2. shrinking - Adjective

3. shrinking - Verb

Meaning

of Shrink

a. & n. from Shrink.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

contraction contracting diminishing shrinkage lessening decreasing reducing receding declining curtailing recoiling cowering craven coy bashful
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Antonyms

undaunted based addition growth increase intrepid
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Hypernyms

reduction decrease lessening diminution drop off step-down

Hyponyms

compression contraction condensation miniaturisation miniaturization

Phrases with the word

shrinking violet shrinking from heat-shrinking shrinking violets

Examples

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us... There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you... We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. Marianne Williamson

The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit. Davy Crockett

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose. Carl Jung

This is the true liberty of Christ, when a free man binds himself in love to duty. Not in shrinking from our distasteful occupations, but in fulfilling them, do we realize our high origin. Frederick William Robertson

In that shrinking moment he discovered that he had never hated anyone until now. It was a feeling as pure as love, but dispassionate and icily rational. Ian McEwan

If left unchecked, global change will create violent conflict, torrential storms, shrinking coastlines, and irreversible catastrophe. Valerie Jarrett

Close letter words and terms

shrinkette shrinkflate shrinkflation shrinking frog shrinking from shrinking violet