shrunken
pronunciation
How to pronounce shrunken in British English:
UK [ˈʃrʌŋkən]
How to pronounce shrunken in American English:
US [ˈʃrʌŋkən]
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- Adjective:
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
- reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
- reduced in size by being drawn together
Word Origin
- shrunken (adj.)
- Old English gescruncan, past participle adjective from shrink (v.).
Example
- 1. Where have my muscles have shrunken to .
- 2. Europe 's economic crisis has put further pressure on already shrunken national-defence budgets .
- 3. In fact , the butterfly only crept with wretched body and shrunken wings in the remainder of its life , and never flurr ......
- 4. They frequent the bowery and those down-at-the-heels east side streets where poor clothes and shrunken features are not singled out as curious .
- 5. Areva may succeed only in winning a higher share of a shrunken market for reactors , as governments delay or stop new-build programmes .