SHRINK

• (noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry

  synonyms : head-shrinker , psychiatrist

  In India, people with mental problems still hesitate to visit a psychiatrist due to the social stigma attached to it. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent

  "His earnings shrank", "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

  synonyms : shrivel

• (verb) become smaller or draw together

  "The fabric shrank", "The balloon shrank"

  synonyms : contract

• (verb) reduce in size; reduce physically

  "Hot water will shrink the sweater", "Can you shrink this image?"

  synonyms : reduce

• (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture

  "The fruit dried and shriveled"

  synonyms : shrivel , shrivel up , wither

• (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain

  "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

  synonyms : cringe , flinch , funk , quail , recoil , squinch , wince

  He quailed at the thought of slaughtering the calf. -added by naila_inlas

  
  -tagged by Administrator
  He flinched by the sight of the beast.

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