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becoming smaller or less: The shrinking workforce would have to support a growing number of retired people. rapidly/steadily/slowly shrinking The rapidly shrinking middle class worries that our children won't have the same chances we had. a shrinking budget / economy / market.
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The Incredible Shrinking Man is a 1957 American science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold, based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel, The Shrinking Man. The film stars Grant Williams as Scott and Randy Stuart as Scott's wife, Louise.
becoming smaller or less: The shrinking workforce would have to support a growing number of retired people. rapidly/steadily/slowly shrinking The rapidly shrinking middle class worries that our children won't have the same chances we had. a shrinking budget / economy / market.
Synonyms for SHRINKING: afraid, timid, frightened, scared, terrified, alarmed, hysteric, timorous; Antonyms of SHRINKING: fearless, unafraid, daring, dashing, plucky, bold, adventurous, brave
If you shrinkaway from someone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them. One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him. [VERB preposition/adverb] Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall. [VERB preposition/adverb] She shrank back with an involuntary gasp.
to move away from someone or something because you are frightened: The child shrank behind the sofa as his father shouted at him. When she was younger she would shrink (away) from me whenever I spoke to her. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Phrasal verb. shrink. noun [ C ] informal uk / ʃrɪŋk / us / ʃrɪŋk / a psychiatrist :
1. : to contract or curl up the body or part of it : huddle, cower. 2. a. : to contract to less extent or compass. b. : to become smaller or more compacted. c. : to lose substance or weight.
