All shrinking synonyms
shrink
S s adjective shrinking
- withdrawn β past participle of withdraw.
- withering β to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- rabbity β any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
- cowhearted β cowardly.
- diminishing β Make or become less.
- decreasing β becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
- nongregarious β (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
adj shrinking
- against the grain β contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
- fearful β causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- restrained β characterized by restraint: The actor gave a restrained performance.
- cowardly β If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- bashful β Someone who is bashful is shy and easily embarrassed.
- nervous β highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- lessening β to become less.
- laid back β relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- diffident β lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
- chicken-hearted β easily frightened; cowardly
- aflutter β in or into a nervous or excited state
- coy β evasive, esp in an annoying way
- in charge β to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- aseptic β free from living pathogenic organisms; sterile
- in check β to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
noun shrinking
- constriction β Constrictions are rules or factors which limit what you can do and prevent you from doing what you want to do.
- lack β something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- miniaturisation β Alternative spelling of miniaturization.
- insufficience β Obsolete form of insufficiency.
- deflation β Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- elision β The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in Iβm, letβs, e ' en ).
- miniaturization β to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- demurral β the act or an instance of demurring
- diminution β the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
- exiguity β The quality of being meagre or scanty.
- contraction β When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- astringency β An astringent taste.
- objection β a reason or argument offered in disagreement, opposition, refusal, or disapproval.
- counterargument β A counterargument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.