What is another word for shrunk?
Pronunciation:
[ ʃɹˈʌŋk], [ ʃɹˈʌŋk], [ ʃ_ɹ_ˈʌ_ŋ_k]
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Similar words for shrunk:
- decreased (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- reduced (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- avoided (verb)
- contracted (verb)
- decreased (verb)
- diminished (verb)
- flinched (verb)
- hesitated (verb)
- lost (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Shrunk:
adj.
• decreased (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective) • reduced (adjective)n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• avoided (verb)- Circumvented,
- Shunned,
- Averted,
- Avoided,
- Skipped,
- sidestepped,
- Recoiled,
- Evaded,
- Shirked,
- Ducked,
- Abstained,
- bypassed,
- Dodged,
- escaped,
- Declined,
- Eluded.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- dried-up,
- cramped,
- little,
- sere,
- Weazen,
- emaciated,
- parched,
- lour,
- shrink,
- lilliputian,
- turn back,
- worn,
- powdery,
- cringe,
- get back,
- smaller,
- squat,
- fall back,
- Brevipennate,
- midget,
- granular,
- weak,
- pygmy,
- less,
- shrivelled,
- dwarf,
- astringent,
- undersized,
- set back,
- bated,
- belittled,
- Tabid,
- lesser,
- neap,
- stand back,
- contracting,
- give up,
- minimised,
- meager,
- thin,
- shrinking,
- give back,
- watered-down,
- waning,
- contractions,
- compact,
- shrinks,
- elfin,
- fallen,
- preshrunk,
- scraggy,
- attenuated,
- rein back,
- move back,
- incipient,
- narrow,
- Strangulated,
- step back,
- wasted,
- insipid,
- stunted,
- scant,
- give in,
- contract,
- weakened,
- rudimentary,
- tasteless,
- sear.
How to use "Shrunk" in context?
If you're like most people, you've probably shrunk something at some point in your life. Maybe it was an overfilled water bottle that shrank when you poured out the water, or maybe you took a pair of pants that were too large and shrunk them down to fit comfortably. Shrunken objects may seem strange but they're actually quite common.
The phenomenon of shrinking occurs when certain substances react with oxygen. In the case of water, for example, oxygen molecules reduce the size of water molecules (H2O) by removing water molecules from the molecule.
Paraphrases for Shrunk:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Verb, past participle
decreased.
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Verb, past participle
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Independent
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Verb, past participle
acquired, alleviated, amalgamated, attenuated, blown, blunted, closed, confined, confused, constrained, contracted, cooled, cropped, curbed, cut, deducted, degraded, depleted, depressed, diminished, doomed, eased, eroded, faded, fallen, forfeited, fuddled, funded, fused, gone, grown, impaired, impeded, lessened, limited, lost, lowered, melted, minimized, misplaced, mitigated, moderated, narrowed, owed, pruned, pulled, reduce, reduced, reduction, risen, scaled, shortened, slashed, spent, stunted, sunk, suppressed, threatened, thrown, trimmed, undercut, undiminished, wasted, weakened, withered, worsened, Abated, Bridged, Challenged, Decimated, Declined, Deteriorated, Discounted, Dwarfed, Dwindled, Entered, Gotten, Hampered, Happened, Hindered, Incurred, Outlived, Outstripped, Passed, Plunged, Receded, Regressed, Relegated, Slipped, Slowed, Transpired, Wiped, Curtailed, Squeezed, Stumbled, Subsided, downgraded, undermined, clocked, plummeted, IOST, downsized, minimised.
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Verb, past participle
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Other Related
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Verb, past participle
dropped.
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Verb, past participle
Homophones for Shrunk:
- screening, shoring, Syringa Josikaea, sayornis, scurrying, shearing, syrinx, sour orange, scouring, sermonise, scraunch, sourness, screw wrench, sharing, squirming, secureness, scrummage, scaramouch, shrewmouse, sereness, sorriness, sure enough, syringe, Saccharum Munja, soreness, scrunch, swaggering, squareness, shirring, s wrench, scranch, scrounge, scrawniness, screwing, surmise, sermonize, sure-enough, sureness, sour mash whiskey, serranus, sugariness, shrink, Syringa Josikea, sour mash, screaming, square inch, scaramouche, sarong, swearing, syringa, shrinkage, souring, scrimshaw, sorrowing, saccharomyces, serinus, scrimmage, soaring, skirmish, scoring, schizosaccharomyces.
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