Shrinking — synonyms, shrinking antonyms, definition

1. shrinking (o)

changing developing growing

2. shrinking (a)

abating bashful blushing changing cowardly coy dastardly declining demure developing diminishing dwindling growing less and less lessening mousy reducing reluctant retiring shy • • •

3. shrinking (Noun)

abating changing contraction declining decrease decreasing developing diminishing dwindling growing lessening receding reducing shortening shrinkage

shrinking (Noun) — Process or result of becoming less or smaller.

shrinking (Noun) — The act of becoming less.

decrease diminution drop-off lessening reduction step-down compression condensation contraction miniaturisation miniaturization

4. shrinking (Verb)

blenching contracting cringing flinching funking quailing recoiling shriveling shriveling up squinching wincing withering stretching

shrinking (Verb) — Decrease in size, range, or extent. ex. "His earnings shrank"

shrinking (Verb) — Wither, as with a loss of moisture. ex. "The fruit dried and shrank"

shrinking (Verb) — Draw back, as with fear or pain. ex. "she shrank when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

shrinking (Verb) — Reduce in size; reduce physically. ex. "Hot water will shrink the sweater" ex. "Can you shrink this image?"

shrinking (Verb) — Become smaller or draw together. ex. "The fabric shrank" ex. "The balloon shrank"

decreasing diminishing falling lessening minifying moving atrophying blasting contracting depopulating desolating downsizing drying up dying back dying down flexing miniaturising miniaturizing mummifying reducing reefing retracting scaling down shrinking back