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Shrunken Common

Shrunken has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

past participle of shrink

Adjective
1

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"

"he did well despite his withered arm"

"a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

2

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"

3

Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled.

Example Sentences
"the old woman's shriveled skin" adjective
"he looked shriveled and ill" adjective
"a shrunken old man" adjective
"a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws" adjective
"he did well despite his withered arm" adjective
"a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair" adjective
"our shriveled receipts during the storm" adjective
"as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled" adjective
"the dollar's shrunken buying power" adjective
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Rhyming Words
ken aken sken waken moken soken riken taken oaken naken aiken voken haken faken koken beken baken woken token liken
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