SHRUNK Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

shrunk

verb

variants or shrunken

past participle of shrink

as in compressed

to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter the sweater will shrink a little when washed

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as in flinched

to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust shrinking back from the approaching flames

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as in decreased

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses

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Recent Examples of shrunk Jio's enterprise valuation has shrunk to $118 billion from the $133 billion expected earlier, global brokerage Nomura said in a report on Sunday based on Bloomberg news last week that revealed the IPO pricing details. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 In 2024, as the share of early votes in the state increased, the Democratic advantage among those votes shrunk substantially, a trend mirrored by several other states that cycle. — New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026 But while our online worlds have since expanded, the real-world space for anarchic creativity has shrunk. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 Crispy rice bites like these hit a nostalgic note, the lunchbox feeling of a crispy square that is shrunk down to poppable size. — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 8 Oct. 2026 That number has shrunk dramatically every time the state has pushed back on it. — Philip Wang, Time, 7 Oct. 2026 Even as Florida’s population has grown by almost 2 million people since the start of this decade, the number of voters in the state has shrunk, according to a recent Miami Herald analysis. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 With wet leaves, dry leaves, and pine needles shrunk into tiny cuttings, this electric shredder is able to convert 18 bags of yard waste into one bag of nutrient-heavy mulch that can feed your gardens and landscaping. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2026 Since their debut in 1986, American Girl has shrunk their historical line significantly–including paring down the traditional six-book set for each historical character into two streamlined texts. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

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Brands face a compounding storm of carrier peak surcharges, compressed delivery windows, and intense warehouse capacity constraints.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Instead, the team fed the moment-by-moment activity of 332 brain regions into CEBRA, a machine-learning tool that compressed the data down to its essential structure while preserving the order of events.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026

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The teen in the green sweatshirt, Williams, momentarily flinched from the gunshot.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Sipp slightly flinched his left arm before throwing a pitch to Emmanuel Burriss, allowing Miguel Tejada to score and sending San Francisco to its fourth straight win.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

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Now the prevalence of malaria is around 7%, and deaths of children under five decreased by 78%.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The definitive study of feedback, Avraham Kluger and Angelo DeNisi’s meta-analysis of 23,663 observations, found that over a third of feedback interventions decreased performance.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of decreased

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But Uthmeier has been open about his views that religious people — Christians, particularly — have been wrongly constricted in their ability to express themselves and to participate in government programs.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Space within the ranks of the CCP itself has similarly constricted, with few now willing to consider reforms that might seriously affect the vested interests of entrenched social groups.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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Even a few Republican loyalists have recoiled at the extravagant pageantry, seemingly designed to flatter Xi and awe a domestic audience, although the absence of TV cameras at the Rose Garden ceremony undermined that low-ambition objective.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2026
The Colts bit on it, but Mahomes recoiled and looked over the middle of the field.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of recoiled

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The weather service canceled the flood watch for nearly all the Kansas City forecast area because the threat of additional heavy rain had diminished.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
One can see this when a paint’s color appears diminished and faded.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of diminished

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Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished 22,000 miles into their expedition.

— Lana Zak, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
There, researchers have just announced that AI may help hasten the return of the extinct dodo, with the flightless bird, which vanished from the world more than 350 years ago, likely walking among us again sometime in the early 2030s.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

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