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👴 Thin and wrinkled 📉 Made smaller
shrunken

shrunken

4 3.9
Smaller or weaker than before
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃrʌŋkən/
translation icon : encogido
  • Blighted stored potatoes turn a purplish color on the outside and appear shrunken, with a corky, reddish-looking rot on the inside.
  • shrunken shirt
  • shrunken version
  • shrunken head

And if we miss out on all these things, we have a very shrunken view of existence.

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Examples

  • " His voice is strong; mine is shrunken and weak."

    Fiction book (1994)

  • After years of neglect, the garden was left with shrunken plants that barely resembled their former glory.

  • And if we miss out on all these things, we have a very shrunken view of existence.

    Jay Shetty Podcast

  • The For Sale sign is still out front, and the place looks even more shrunken and forlorn in the rain.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Outside spread a vast forest of shrunken shrubs.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • At first, it looked like a small statue, pale and strangely shrunken.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The stream was somewhat shrunken, retracted from its shores, and the moss-filmed rocks were already crusting over.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The deck's planks were shrunken and splintered, the sails threadbare, and the rigging so worn that the ropes looked furry.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The once lively town now appeared empty, with shrunken storefronts and few remaining residents.

  • Following the drought, many trees had shrunken leaves, indicating the distress caused by the lack of water.

Synonyms

diminished
vsshrunken
  • Specialized
4.4

Smaller in size, strength or importance

has the same broad sense of reduction and is interchangeable in many contexts
lessened
vsshrunken
2.1

Smaller in amount, degree, or strength

emphasizes physical size and effect as well as general weakening
reduced
vsshrunken
1.6

Made smaller in size, amount, or price

tends to highlight loss of strength effect or intensity beyond mere size
decreased
vsshrunken
1.5

Smaller in amount or size than before

covers reductions in strength or effect not only numeric decreases
contracted
vsshrunken
4.0

Something that becomes smaller and tighter when parts pull together

is more general applying to any getting smaller without physical drawing together
shriveled
vsshrunken
  • US
5.7

Weakened and less strong or important

refers more broadly to any reduction in size strength or intensity
shrivelled
vsshrunken
  • UK
5.2

Weakened and having less energy, strength or interest

is the general term covering reductions in size strength or effect
shortened
vsshrunken
2.5

Made not as long in time, size, or distance

focuses on any reduction in size strength effect or intensity rather than time

Antonyms

expanded
4.0

Larger in size or number

How Reduced

shrivelled
  • UK
4.4
shrunken
4 3.9
reduced
1.6

Surface Forms

shrunken positive

Morphology

shrunken = shrink (transparent) = shrink + en

Formed from the verb 'shrink' with the adjectival/past-participle suffix '-en'; despite the vowel change, the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Shrunken comes from the verb shrink, which means 'to become smaller'. So a shrunken value or profit is one that has become smaller or weaker.