shrunken

Words with a similar base: shrunken

'shrunken'

[shrivel.v.01] as in: wither, as with a loss of moisture

Examples:
The fruit dried and shriveled

'shrunken'

[flinch.v.01] as in: draw back, as with fear or pain

Examples:
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf

'shrunken'

[shrink.v.03] as in: reduce in size; reduce physically

Examples:
Hot water will shrink the sweater
Can you shrink this image?

'shrunken'

[shrink.v.04] as in: become smaller or draw together

Examples:
The fabric shrank
The balloon shrank

'shrunken'

[shrink.v.05] as in: decrease in size, range, or extent

Examples:
His earnings shrank
My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me

'shrunken'

[shriveled.s.02] as in: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie

Examples:
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
he did well despite his withered arm
a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair

'shrunken'

[shriveled.s.03] as in: reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

Examples:
our shriveled receipts during the storm
as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
the dollar's shrunken buying power

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