as in afraid
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as in revulsion
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as in diminishing
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as in compressing
to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter
the sweater will shrink a little when washed
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as in recoiling
to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust
shrinking back from the approaching flames
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as in decreasing
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses
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Recent Examples of shrinking
Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent scans have shown the tumors are shrinking.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Some argue that a shrinking population is beneficial, being a marker of women's reproductive rights.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The bad news is that shrinking inflation rates also mean a smaller Social Security cost-of-living (COLA) for 2025.
—David Rae, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Testing over a wide area might show a broad area of egg-eating tegu lizards and a shrinking presence of birds.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
Without those thousands of North Korean reinforcements, the Russian military would be shrinking by potentially thousands of people a week.
—David Axe, Forbes, 7 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
The choice of an urban mayor comes after successive statewide elections in which the urban vote has been shrinking.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 28 Nov. 2024
Verb
With his new deal, Abrams is no longer at the top of the shrinking ranks of writer-producers with nine-figure deals.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent scans have shown the tumors are shrinking.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Some argue that a shrinking population is beneficial, being a marker of women's reproductive rights.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The bad news is that shrinking inflation rates also mean a smaller Social Security cost-of-living (COLA) for 2025.
—David Rae, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Testing over a wide area might show a broad area of egg-eating tegu lizards and a shrinking presence of birds.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
Without those thousands of North Korean reinforcements, the Russian military would be shrinking by potentially thousands of people a week.
—David Axe, Forbes, 7 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
The choice of an urban mayor comes after successive statewide elections in which the urban vote has been shrinking.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 28 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrinking
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One who hates raisins and one who’s afraid of the wind.Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
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Alarmed, the complaint continues, the girls became afraid and pulled over near a Dollar General, just over a mile southeast of downtown Nashville.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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In episode six, the last one before the next batch of Love Is Blind becomes available next week, her annoyance and frankly, revulsion, with her new fiancé becomes more and more palpable.Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
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Her germ phobia may have infected Simone with her lifelong revulsion at bodily contact.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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The prologue might end with a paroxysm of violence, but first there are a few timid whimpers of nascent pleasure; Bill Skarsgård’s base and primal Count Orlok is a nightmare who arrives on the wings of a nocturnal emission.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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Unexpectedly, the timid Noa takes his brother’s side, wrapping a scarf around his uncle’s neck.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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The new wipe looks set to bring a lot of new toys to play with, including new weapons, a new recoil system that is currently being tested and a rework to the Customs map, which remains the best map in Tarkov by some way.Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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And during Trump's first term, his child separation policy created an angry public recoil, with polling numbers at almost the exact same level as Bush's Social Security privatization.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The political climate is constricting daily.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The exclusive club is more of a constricting prison.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
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Climate change exacerbates the threats with rising temperatures disrupting migration patterns and diminishing the availability of milkweed, the monarch caterpillar's essential food source.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some experts are wary that a new administration that is less focused on renewable energy could thwart some of solar’s growth by diminishing the IRA tax credits or imposing tariffs that could increase the cost of building solar panels.Sarah Sax, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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His fervor to determine who took the weapon reveals a shockingly monstrous side, turning his wife and children into frightened suspects and leading to a jarring tonal-shift ending that proves to be a cathartic, believable final destination for a film simmering with mistrust and anger.Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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At worst, this could lead to one or more Kent State-type incidents, with frightened Guardsmen in hostile, unfamiliar territory.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2024
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That evening, in the no man’s land, a field strewn with empty water bottles, four Shia families sat on a picnic blanket around a burner attached to a gas tank, looking scared and drinking yerba mate.Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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Once glued to their hiding spot, a scared cat may not come out when called by its owner.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Shrinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrinking. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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