Related Words for shrinking violet

Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts. Read More Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster. Send us feedback.
WordSyllablesCategories
impenetrable
x/xxx
Adjective
wimp
/
Noun
sullen
/x
Adjective
weakling
/x
Noun
clumsy
/x
Adjective
mollusc
/x
Noun
gloomy
/x
Adjective
shirking
/x
Noun
craven
/x
Noun
silent treatment
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
runt
/
Noun
white sheep
//
Name, Name
butterfly
/xx
Noun
sulking
/x
Verb
slouch
/
Noun
awkward
/x
Adjective
dwarfing
/x
Noun
loser
/x
Noun
brick wall
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
diffidence
/xx
Noun
repellent
x/x
Noun
choker
/x
Noun
unworthy
x/x
Adjective
invertebrate
x/xx
Noun
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
short shrift
//
Phrase, Noun
menial
/xx
Adjective
slight
/
Adjective
avoidance
x/x
Noun
discourage
x/x
Verb
mutant
/x
Noun
fright
/
Noun
misfit
/x
Noun
mute
/
Adjective
closed book
//
Phrase, Noun
reserve
x/
Noun
undesirable
xx/xx
Adjective
innocent
/xx
Adjective
mumps
/
Noun
paralytic
xx/x
Adjective
underdog
/xx
Noun
narrow escape
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
marginal
/xx
Adjective
ungainly
x/x
Adjective
bromide
/x
Noun
mitten
/x
Noun
aversion
x/x
Noun
blight
/
Noun
languishing
/xx
Adjective
shoddy
/x
Adjective
pejorative
x/xx
Adjective
turnoff
/x
Noun
inertia
x/x
Noun
forlorn
x/
Adjective
dislike
x/
Noun
unknown quantity
x//xx
Phrase, Noun
bad news
//
Phrase, Noun
cowardice
/xx
Noun
impotent
/xx
Adjective
sully
/x
Name
pariah
x/x
Noun
vitriol
/xx
Noun
drip
/
Noun
glum
/
Noun
lackluster
/xx
Adjective
scar
/
Noun
simpleton
/xx
Noun
damn
/
Adjective
danger
/x
Noun
anathema
x/xx
Noun
unlikely
x/x
Adjective
annoying
x/x
Adjective
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
insect
/x
Noun
wanton
/x
Adjective
distance
/x
Noun
cold shoulder
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
villainy
/xx
Noun
sour grapes
/x/
Phrase, Noun
baby
/x
Noun
red light
//
Phrase, Noun
doubtful
/x
Adjective
despicable
x/xx
Adjective
enfant terrible
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
faltering
/xx
Adjective
vague
/
Adjective
stigma
/x
Noun
dissimulation
xxx/x
Noun
chill
/
Noun
caution
/x
Noun
static
/x
Adjective
inactive
x/x
Adjective
briar
/x
Noun
zombie
/x
Noun
unreachable
x/xx
Adjective
barring
/x
Verb
dowdy
/x
Noun
blind spot
//
Phrase, Noun
spot
/
Noun
almost
/x
Adverb
damaged goods
/x/
Phrase, Noun
daunting
/x
Adjective
alteration
xx/x
Noun
amelioration
xxx/x
Noun
american dog violet
x/xx//xx
Name, Name
atrophy
/xx
Noun, Verb
blinking
/x
Adjective, Noun
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bluish
/x
Adjective
blurring
/x
Noun
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
brown
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
carmine
/x
Noun, Adjective
chromatic
x/x
Adjective
clover
/x
Noun
collapsing
x/x
Verb
color
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
colour
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
compression
x/x
Noun
condensation
xx/x
Noun
constriction
x/x
Noun
contracting
/xx
Noun, Adjective
contraction
x/x
Noun
contracture
x/x
Noun
cutting
/x
Noun, Adjective
darkening
/xx
Noun
dash
/
Noun, Verb
debility
x/xx
Noun
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
descending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
diminution
xx/x
Noun
disinclination
xxx/x
Noun
downsizing
/xx
Noun
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
downy yellow violet
/x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dye
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
feebleness
/xx
Noun
fem
/
Name, Adjective
flinching
/x
Noun
flower
/x
Noun, Verb
gentian
/x
Noun
grayish
/x
Adjective
green
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
grey
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
hampering
/xx
Noun
hesitancy
/xxx
Noun
hesitating
/xxx
Noun
hue
/
Noun
indigo
/xx
Noun, Adjective
iridescent
xx/x
Adjective
lavender
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
lessening
/xx
Noun
lettering
/xx
Noun
lightening
/xx
Noun
lilac
/x
Noun, Adjective
lowering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
magenta
x/x
Noun, Adjective
mauve
/
Adjective, Noun
midget
/x
Noun
miniaturization
xxxxx/x
Noun
minimizing
/xxx
Verb
narrowing
/xx
Noun
orange
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pale violet
//xx
Phrase, Noun
pansy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pinkish
/x
Adjective
purple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
purplish
/x
Adjective
quartz
/
Noun
quickening
/xx
Noun
receding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
red
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
reddish
/x
Adjective, Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
reluctance
x/x
Noun
repugnance
x/x
Noun
retrenchment
x/x
Noun
retrogression
/x/x
Noun
rose
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
scarlet
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
shortening
/xx
Noun
shrink
/
Verb, Noun
shrinkage
/x
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
slump
/
Noun, Verb
solitary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
stricture
/x
Noun
subsiding
x/x
Noun
sweet white violet
///xx
Phrase, Noun
tensing
/x
Noun
thinning
/x
Noun, Adjective
tightening
/xx
Noun
timidity
x/xx
Noun
tint
/
Noun, Verb
twitch
/
Verb, Noun
uneasiness
x/xx
Noun
vat
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
violets
/xx
Noun
violette
xx/
Name
waning
/x
Adjective, Noun
weakening
/xx
Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
withering
/xx
Adjective, Noun
woman
/x
Noun, Verb
yellow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb