Meanings
- participlepastpast participle of shrink
comparative more shrunken · superlative most shrunken
- Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled.
A shriveled and shrunken appearance.
1 more example
Discoverer Mike Morwood proposed that it was a shrunken Homo erectus, the same species that eventually evolved to become us; others suggested the Hobbits were descended from smaller, more primitive early humans such as Homo habilis or Australopithecus.
2016 June 9, James Griffiths, “This is how the ‘Hobbits’ of Indonesia became so small”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
adjectivereduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian свит, съсухрен
- свит (svit)reduced in size as a result of shrinkage
- съсухрен (săsuhren)reduced in size as a result of shrinkage
Dutch slinken, krimpen
- slinkenreduced in size as a result of shrinkage
- krimpenreduced in size as a result of shrinkage
Hungarian összezsugorodott
- összezsugorodottreduced in size as a result of shrinkage
Māori kōmae
- kōmaereduced in size as a result of shrinkage
Portuguese encolhido
- encolhidoreduced in size as a result of shrinkage
Swedish skrumpnad
- skrumpnadreduced in size as a result of shrinkage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shrunken
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shrunken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrunken
“shrunken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrunken. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shrunken,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrunken.
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