shrunken
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Is shrunken a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
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Definition
verb (English)
1. wither, as with a loss of moistureExamples: "The fruit dried and shriveled"Synonyms: shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither
2. draw back, as with fear or painExamples: "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince
3. reduce in size; reduce physicallyExamples: "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"Synonyms: reduce, shrink
4. become smaller or draw togetherExamples: "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"Synonyms: contract, shrinkAntonyms: expand, stretch
5. decrease in size, range, or extentExamples: "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"Synonyms: shrink, shrivel
adjective satellite (English)
1. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.StarkieExamples: "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened
2. reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensityExamples: "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"Synonyms: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken
Definition source: Wiktionary