Hyphenation of shrunken

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word shrunken? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

shrunk-en

Definitions of shrunken:

1.	Wither, as with a loss of moisture The fruit dried and shriveled
2.	Draw back, as with fear or pain She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
3.	Reduce in size Reduce physically Hot water will shrink the sweater Can you shrink this image?
4.	Become smaller or draw together The fabric shrank The balloon shrank
5.	Decrease in size, range, or extent His earnings shrank My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
6.	Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness The old woman's shriveled skin He looked shriveled and ill A shrunken old man A lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws-W.F.Starkie He did well despite his withered arm A wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
7.	Reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity Our shriveled receipts during the storm As the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled The dollar's shrunken buying power

Synonyms of shrunken:

adj	shriveled, shrivelled, withered, wizen, wizened, thin, lean
adj	shriveled, shrivelled, decreased, reduced
adj	shrunk, contracted

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