shrunk

Speech parts

1. shrunk - Adjective

2. shrunk - Verb

Derived from shrink

Meaning

of Shrink

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

quail lower wince reduce contract decrease concentrated retreat contracted diminished dwarf eroded diminish shrink shrinking
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Antonyms

airy accepted approved acknowledged backed aerial
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Phrases with the word

heat shrunk

Examples

I tweet, therefore my entire life has shrunk to 140 character chunks of instant event and predigested gnomic wisdom. And swearing. Neil Gaiman

The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine. Jack London

In this branch of study exactness is an essential feature; and mathematical difficulties must not be shrunk from when the nature of the subject leads to them. William John Macquorn Rankine

It is curious how, from time immemorial, man seems to have associated the idea of evil with beauty, shrunk from it with a sort of ghostly fear, while, at the same time drawn to it by force of its hypnotic attraction. Richard Le Gallienne

The South is like my favorite pair of blue jeans. It's shrunk some, faded a bit, got a few holes in it. it just might split at the seams. It doesn't look much like it used to, but it's more comfortable, and there's probably a lot of wear left in it. John Shelton Reed

Close letter words and terms

Shrum shrump shrund shrunken shrunken wings shruti box