adj
Meaning 1
Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A shriveled and shrunken appearance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shrunken
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈʃɹʌŋkən/
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[ˈʃhɹwʌŋkhən] ~ [ˈʃhɹwʌŋkhn̩]
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rhymes with -ʌŋkən
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CMU ARPABET: SH R AH1 NG K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
past participle of shrink
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- our shriveled receipts during the storm
- as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled
- the dollar's shrunken buying power
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness-W.F.Starkie
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the old woman's shriveled skin
- he looked shriveled and ill
- a shrunken old man
- a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws
- he did well despite his withered arm
- a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: свит (svit) — reduced in size as a result of shrinkage
- Bulgarian: съсухрен (sǎsuhren) — reduced in size as a result of shrinkage
- Dutch: slinken — reduced in size as a result of shrinkage
- Dutch: krimpen — reduced in size as a result of shrinkage
- Hungarian: összezsugorodott — reduced in size as a result of shrinkage
- Māori: kōmae — reduced in size as a result of shrinkage
- Portuguese: encolhido — reduced in size as a result of shrinkage
- Swedish: skrumpnad — reduced in size as a result of shrinkage