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Definition of shrunken :
1. of Shrink
2. p. p. & a. from Shrink.
Synonyms:
gaunt, dried-up, skin and bones, thin, shrunk, shrivelled, better, shriveled, withered, sere, sear, skeletal, wizened, emaciated, dry, wasted, wizen, wrinkled, cadaverous, drawn, tired, lean
contracted (part of speech: adjective)
contracted, compressed, deflated, squeezed, compacted, condensed, abridged, abbreviated
diminished (part of speech: adjective)
downgraded, lessened, eroded, nipped, diminished, cut, lowered, decremented, decreased, sheared, drained, docked, cropped, pared, shortened, tapered, dropped, mowed, bobbed, dwindled, clipped, receded, pruned, reduced, removed, leached, shaved, deducted, truncated, trimmed, curtailed, depleted, lightened, weeded, concentrated
Usage examples:
- As he entered the hall, a shrunken figure in shabby black came to meet him; it was old Skettle, Hudsley's clerk. - "Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir", Charles Garvice.
- Mac's stuffed birds and things made a remarkably good show, but the colossal success was reserved for the minute shrunken skin of the baby white hare set down in front of the great fire for a hearthrug. - "The Magnetic North", Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond).
- She looked a child, in her shrunken middy blouse, her fair hair hanging about her eyes. - "Jane Journeys On", Ruth Comfort Mitchell.