Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness:
— A shrunken old man.

synoniemen: shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened.

Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity:
— The dollar's shrunken buying power.

synoniemen: shriveled, shrivelled.

A physician who specializes in psychiatry.

synoniemen: head-shrinker, psychiatrist.

Nederlands: psych, psychiater, zielenknijper, zielknijper
Pools: psychiatra

Wither, as with a loss of moisture.

synoniemen: shrivel, shrivel up, wither.

Roget 287: recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart etc. 293; retreat etc. 283; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away etc. (avoid) 623.    remove, shunt, distance.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 283: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; rebound etc. 277; go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back; lose ground; fall astern, drop astern; backwater, put about; backtrack, take the back track; veer round; double, wheel, countermarch; ebb, regurgitate; jib, shrink, shy.    turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon; retrace one's steps, dance the back step; sound a retreat, beat a retreat; go home.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 195: become small, become smaller; lessen, decrease etc. 36; grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb; decay etc. (deteriorate) 659.    be smaller than, fall short of; not come up to etc. (be inferior) 34.    render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate^†; boil down; constrict, constringe^†; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf^†; shorten etc. 201; circumscribe etc. 229; restrain etc. 751.    [reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ] (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 822: be sensible etc. adj.; have a tender heart, have a warm heart, have a sensitive heart.    take to heart, treasure up in the heart; shrink.    die of a rose in aromatic pain" [Pope]; touch to the quick; touch on the raw, touch a raw nerve.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: indrogen, ineenschrompelen, schrompelen, verdorren, verschrompelen

Draw back, as with fear or pain.

synoniemen: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, squinch, wince.

Roget 860: fear, stand in awe of; be afraid etc. adj.; have qualms etc. n.; apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance; distrust etc. (disbelieve) 485.    hesitate etc. (be irresolute) 605; falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk etc. (cowardice) 862; let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'" [Macbeth] take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly etc. (avoid) 623.    tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one's shoes; shudder, flutter; shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail.    grow pale, turn pale; blench, stand aghast; not dare to say one's soul is one's own.    inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise apprehensions^†; be in a daze, bulldoze [U.S.]; faze, feeze [U.S.]; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony.    make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's breath; make one tremble &c.; haunt; prey on the mind, weigh on the mind.    put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten etc. 909.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 603: be unwilling etc. adj.; nill; dislike etc. 867; grudge, begrudge; not be able to find it in one's heart to, not have the stomach to.    demur, stick at, scruple, stickle; hang fire, run rusty; recoil, shrink, swerve; hesitate etc. 605; avoid etc. 623.    oppose etc. 708; dissent etc. 489; refuse etc. 764.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: huiveren, stuipen

Reduce in size; reduce physically:
— Hot water will shrink the sweater.
— Can you shrink this image?.

synoniem: reduce.

Roget 36: decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge etc. (shorten) 201; shrink etc. (contract) 195; drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend etc. 306; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.    bate, abate, dequantitate^†; discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate etc. (moderate) 174; dwarf, throw into the shade; reduce etc. 195; shorten etc. 201; subtract etc. 38.    ... meer laten zien

Become smaller or draw together.

synoniem: contract.

Nederlands: inkrimpen, krimpen, verschrompelen

Decrease in size, range, or extent.

synoniem: shrivel.