shrunken

adjective

shrunk·​en ˈshrəŋ-kən 

ˈsrəŋ-

: reduced in size : made less or smaller

After he'd lost nearly thirty pounds, his shrunken face disclosed itself to us as a replica of my elderly grandmother's …

—Philip Roth

… I had … a closet filled with shrunken clothes I'd blasted in the dryer …

—Caitlin Moscatello

… minerals and salts are more and more concentrated in the shrunken stream as it evaporates under the southwestern Sun.

—Jonathan Weiner

A netbook is a laptop with a shrunken screen, an undersize keyboard and a processor that's so slow, you'd have laughed at it in 2007.

—David Pogue

Yet the reality is that the public finances are going to be in an even bigger mess and the economy more shrunken than in the economic crisis of 2008/09.

—Ross Clark

… millions of people are unable to afford mortgage payments on homes with shrunken values.

—Arthur Delaney

The shrunken national attention span that television has fostered will probably reduce significantly the readership for this massive biography …

—Harry F. Waters

Examples of shrunken in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For your 9-to-5, opt for a shrunken blazer beneath an oversized wool coat on the commute. —Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024

Or go store-bought with costumes that include inflatable shoulder pads and a shrunken head prop that straps on top of your head. —Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Oct. 2024

Her tiny shrunken body was being lifted by a nurse. —Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024

Many fans still turned up to Webster Theater for the Friday June 28 start, finding a shrinking bill at the shrunken venue. —Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of shrink entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above