Shrinking
English
Adjective
Shrinking (not comparable)
- Possessing the property of reducing in size or significance.
Verb
shrinking
- Present participle of shrink.
Adverbs for Shrinking
shyly; painfully; coldly; terribly; desperately; visibly; instinctively; pitiably; guiltily; pathetically; timidly; submissively; servilely; slavishly; basely; tragically; inwardly; noticeably; childishly; perceptibly; pitiably ; unaccountably; significantly.
Thesaurus
aloof, aseptic, atrophy, attenuation, backward, bashful, bashfulness, blank, boggle, boggling, chilled, chilly, cold, compunction, constrained, consumption, cool, cowardly, declining, demur, demurral, demurring, detached, diffidence, diffident, diminishing, discreet, distant, drying, drying up, dwindling, dying, ebbing, emaciation, expressionless, fading, falter, faltering, fearful, fearing, fearsome, forbidding, frigid, frosty, guarded, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitant, hesitating, hesitation, icy, impassive, impersonal, in fear, inaccessible, introverted, jumpy, modest, modesty, mousy, nervous, objection, offish, parching, pause, protest, qualm, qualm of conscience, qualmish, quiet, receding, recoil, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, retreating, scary, scruple, scrupulosity, scrupulous, scrupulousness, searing, shaky, shivery, shrinkage, shriveling, shy, shyness, sinking, skittish, squeamish, standoff, standoffish, subdued, suppressed, thinning, timid, timorous, trembling, tremulous, trigger-happy, unapproachable, uncongenial, undemonstrative, waning, wasting, withdrawn, withering
