shrink
/ʃrɪŋk/
noun
- A psychiatrist or psychologist (informal, sometimes humorous).
- My shrink says I need to take more time for myself.
- He joked that his dog was cheaper than a shrink.
- After weeks of stress, she decided to see a shrink.
Synonyms
verb
- To become smaller in size, especially when washed, heated, or dried.
- My wool sweater shrank in the dryer, and now it's too small.
- The ice cubes will shrink as they melt in the warm drink.
- If you wash that fabric in hot water, it will shrink.
- To become smaller in amount, value, or importance.
- The company's profits shrank during the economic downturn.
- As the forest shrank, the animals had less space to live.
- His influence in the group began to shrink after the argument.
- To move back or away from something, especially out of fear or dislike.
- The child shrank back when the stranger reached out to touch her.
- She shrank from the spider crawling across the floor.
- He shrank away from the angry dog.