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Synonyms and antonyms of shrinking in English

shrinking

adjective
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RETIRING

Synonyms

shy
diffident
bashful
modest
demure
meek
sheepish
timid
timorous
retiring
withdrawn
self-effacing
uncommunicative
unsocial
reticent
quiet
unassuming
inconspicuous
unassertive
humble
unpretentious
reserved
self-contained

Antonyms

outgoing
gregarious
sociable
bold
brazen
brassy
forward
audacious
pushy
Informal

TIMID

Synonyms

shy
bashful
coy
diffident
modest
overly modest
humble
sheepish
retiring
unassuming
timid
lacking self-assurance
fainthearted
fearful
afraid
scared
timorous
apprehensive
cowardly
spineless
pusillanimous
weak-kneed

Antonyms

self-assured
confident
daring
audacious
stouthearted
fearless
brave
bold
intrepid
courageous
adventuresome
brash
brazen
forward
impertinent
impudent
presumptuous
insolent
fresh
saucy
immodest
unabashed
shameless
cheeky

MODEST

Synonyms

modest
reserved
discreet
bashful
shy
self-conscious
constrained
quiet
timid
demure
coy
diffident
blushing
timorous
proper
straitlaced
prim
circumspect
prudish
puritanical

Antonyms

shameless
brazen
barefaced
impudent
immodest
indecent
indelicate
indecorous
unseemly
improper

BASHFUL

Synonyms

bashful
shy
timid
easily embarrassed
demure
retiring
unconfident
timorous
modest
overly modest
diffident
reticent
reserved
constrained
uncertain
shamefaced
sheepish
skittish
blushing

Antonyms

aggressive
brash
bold
brazen
impudent
immodest
forward
shameless
intrepid
conceited
egoistic
egotistic
confident
self-assured
fearless
arrogant

SHEEPISH

Synonyms

timorous
fearful
bashful
shy
timid
meek
humble
diffident
sheepish
embarrassed
abashed
shamefaced
ashamed
hangdog
chastened
chagrined
mortified
guilty
blushing

Antonyms

brazen
brash
unabashed
unashamed
unblushing
boldfaced
audacious
bold
immodest
confident
poised

shrinking

noun

CONSTRICTION

Synonyms

squeezing
cramping
choking
pinching
binding
strangling
constriction
tightness
compression
contraction
narrowing
stricture
constraint

Antonyms

loosening
freeing
releasing
unbending
expansion
widening
dilation
distension
swelling

WINCE

Synonyms

wince
grimace
flinch
shudder
recoil
quailing
cowering
cringing
 Synonyms for shrinking from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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