Synonyms:
psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrink
Meaning: a physician who specializes in psychiatry
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
shrivel, shrivel_up, shrink, wither
Meaning: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
Synonyms:
flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
Meaning: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
Synonyms:
shrink, reduce
Meaning: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
Synonyms:
shrink, contract
Meaning: become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
Usage examples
From such a connection she could not wonder that he would shrink.
'If he knew all that had occurred he would shrink from blending his life with mine.'
"You have no need to be surprised that I shrink from seeing Margaret Wilmot," he said.
The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.
Let pain and its effort be suspended, and life must shrink back, first into protoplasmic shapelessness, thereafter into dust.
I dare say that you are right in your suggestion, I said; we had better think the matter out, and not shrink from the enquiry.
He seemed suddenly to shrink together and broke into rapid, short sobs, which he tried at first to smother, but at last he sobbed aloud.
The clerk wrote the address promptly on a card, but the keen look of interest with which he handed it to her caused her to shrink inwardly.
I shrink from paining or offending you, but it is my duty, as your mother, to warn you against a marriage that will make shipwreck of your happiness."'
The great shadowy form seemed to shrink away as if in physical dread of details; then came forward, expanded, enormous, and weighty, offering a large hand.