adj
shrunken
SHRUHNG-kuhn
adj
1
Made noticeably smaller, especially through age, illness, or shrinkage.
"The old man had a thin, shrunken frame."
How to Use Shrunken
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishReduced in size, often used to describe something that used to be larger.
Common pairings
shrunken head
shrunken frame
Word Forms
more shrunken comparative, most shrunken superlative
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