- shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened - lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair"
Antonym: fat (indirect, via thin)
- shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken - reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"
Antonym: increased (indirect, via decreased)
- shrunk, shrunken - reduced in size by being drawn together; "the shrunken dress was entirely too tight to wear"
Antonym: expanded (indirect, via contracted)
- shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither - wither, especially with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
--1 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail - draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- shrink, reduce - reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
--3 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun shrinkage1, noun shrinking1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- shrink, contract - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
--4 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Antonyms: stretch
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun shrinkage1
These fabrics shrink easily
- shrink, shrivel - decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
--5 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun shrinking2
Their earnings shrink this year