shrunken

Reduced in size

Shrunken describes something that has become smaller, typically through a shrinking process.

It functions as the past participle of shrink in attributive position: a shrunken head, shrunken wool.

While "shrunk" works in most contexts, shrunken sounds more natural before nouns: His shrunken frame showed the effects of illness.

withered

shrivelled

Dried and wrinkled

desiccated · wilted · wasted · atrophied · gnarled · puckered · parched · mummified · leathery · crone

aged

wizened

Shrunken from age

frail · stooped · bent · bowed · hollowed · sunken · emaciated · decrepit · pinched · drawn

diminished

reduced

Made less in amount

minimized · downsized · curtailed · depleted · dwindled · receded · waned · contracted · tapered · narrowed

compressed

squeezed

Pressed firmly together

squashed · crushed · constricted · deflated · pressed · concentrated · tightened · shrivelled · contracted · crumpled

miniature

tiny

Extremely small in size

miniaturized · pocket-sized · undersized · compact · petite · teeny · wee · puny · stunted · dwarfed

headhunting

trophy

Award for winning

tribal · Amazonian · Ecuador · Peru

Categories
Opposites
size/volume

shrunkenexpanded

Made larger or wider

enlarged · swollen · bloated · inflated · distended

physical state/condition

shrunkenplump

Agreeably fat, well-filled

full · rounded · swollen · bloated · fleshy

process direction

shrunkenstretched

Pulled to lengthen

expanded · grown · swelled · dilated · ballooned

Phrases
Family

shrunk, unshrunk, reshrunk

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G