The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CRINGES , but the solution may also be RECOILS which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Shrinks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRINGES | 23 % | 7 |
| ANALYSTS | 23 % | 8 |
| RECOILS | 15 % | 7 |
| DECREASES | 8 % | 9 |
| COWERS | 8 % | 6 |
| RECEDES | 8 % | 7 |
| DWINDLES | 8 % | 8 |
| WINCES | 8 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shrinks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reduce
- shrivel
- shrivel up
- wither
- quail
- cringe
- flinch
- recoil
- wince
- funk
- head-shrinker
- contract
Crossword Answer definitions
CRINGES noun- A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
- A servile obeisance.
- A crick.
- An embarrassing event or situation which causes an onlooker to cringe.
- Someone or something that is cringy.
- To shrink, cower, tense or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
- To bow or crouch in servility.
- To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CRINGES
- Flinches
- Shrinks in fear
- Shrinks back
- Cowers before.
- Shrinks.
- Fawns
- Shows fear
- Exhibits fear, in a way
- Shrinks
- Shrinks in fright
More clues leading to the result ANALYSTS
- Shrinks
- Shrinks, so to speak
- Some therapists
- Financial workers
- News ___.
- Laboratory workers.
- Freudians.
- Researchers.
- Bear Stearns employees
- Wall Street workers
More clues leading to the result RECOILS
- Backs away (from)
- Kickbacks
- Draws back
- Shrinks back
- Winces
- Shrinks back.
- Springs back, as a gun.
- Jumps back
- Shrinks
- Suddenly shrinks
More clues leading to the result DECREASES
More clues leading to the result COWERS
- Recoils in fear
- Shakes in one's boots
- Shrinks away
- Cringes
- Flinches
- Quails
- Hides in fear
- Hides (from)
- Shows fear
- Quakes in one's boots