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Definitions

shrunk

[shruhngk] / ʃrʌŋk /
ADJECTIVE
reduced
Synonyms
STRONGEST
decreased diminished shortened
STRONG
abbreviated abridged compressed concentrated condensed contracted downsized economized lessened miniaturized subtracted
WEAK
cut down scaled-down
Antonyms
WEAK
elevated enlarged heightened increased raised spread stretched
ADJECTIVE
wizened
Synonyms
WEAK
diminished gnarled lean macerated mummified old reduced shrunken wilted withered worn wrinkled
Antonyms
WEAK
moist smooth unwrinkled

Example Sentences

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River recalled that "she just shrunk and shrunk until it was like watching an impersonator trying to be my sister from memory."

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The closing of fund-raising by the Latin America Reforestation Strategy BTG TIG fund comes as global carbon-trading markets shrunk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

And Vogue’s legendarily thick September issue has shrunk from 840 pages in 2006 to just 365 last year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

And then, they raised prices and shrunk the packaging.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Without Styx across the woods, ready to open up the sky, our world had shrunk to this house.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon