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Synonyms for diminish
dɪˈmɪn ɪʃdi·min·ish
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
diminish
The storm, the fever, the pain abates. Interest declines. Misfortunes may be mitigated, desires moderated, intense anger abated, population decreased, taxes reduced. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy, suppress a rebellion. See ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
abate, decline, decrease, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subsideAntonyms:
aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revivePreposition:
Abate in fury; abated by law.
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Princeton's WordNet
decrease, diminish, lessen, fallverb
decrease in size, extent, or range
"The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
Synonyms:
shine, go down, accrue, strike, devolve, flow, precipitate, settle, lessen, come down, subside, pass, descend, come, fall, return, light, belittle, hang, decrease, minify, fall downdiminish, belittleverb
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
"don't belittle your colleagues"
Synonyms:
pick at, fall, belittle, denigrate, disparage, lessen, decrease, minimize, derogate
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Editors Contribution
shrinkinate
the process of diminishing
that man is being shrinkinated
Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019complete
makes complete thought
Dictionary of English Synonymes
diminishverb
Synonyms:
lessen, decrease, abate, reduce, make smallerdiminishverb
Synonyms:
decrease, lessen, abate, subside, grow or become less, be reduced
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#357 | return | |
#504 | come | |
#613 | light | |
#1104 | lower | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1767 | flow | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4576 | reducing | |
#4933 | decrease | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5712 | hang | |
#7843 | minimize | |
#8623 | settle | |
#9051 | shine | |
#13656 | dwarf | |
#17827 | undermine | |
#18285 | mitigate | |
#21475 | diminish | |
#25048 | lessen | |
#25148 | descend | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#26128 | shorten | |
#27427 | accrue | |
#30671 | ebb | |
#40873 | abate | |
#41439 | precipitate | |
#43430 | curtail | |
#55573 | subside | |
#74328 | belittle | |
#83252 | devolve | |
#84156 | disparage | |
#86920 | denigrate | |
#144647 | derogate | |
#225728 | retrench |
How to use diminish in a sentence?
We have to try to create conditions to reassure our citizens that all we are doing in these negotiations will not diminish or dilute the competencies of the parliaments, or the governments and that we will stick to high standards on both sides concerning he rights of the consumers ... labor standards and environmental standards, it's a bumpy road ahead, but ... I think there is on both sides the political will to find the best outcome.
When the authors controlled for hypertension and diabetes and obesity the effects diminish, which implies that some of the effects of artificially sweetened beverages could still be going through a vascular pathway.
It would extremely diminish the regulatory effect of what we're trying to do. That is a view expressed by various countries.
Development along South Platte River.In could begin to diminish flows as they travel down the river toward the lower section of the river and ultimately Nebraska.
I don’t want to diminish the value of their art, but I can’t pay for that.
Translations for diminish
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- خسArabic
- отслабвам, заострям, намалявамBulgarian
- zmenšitCzech
- vermindern, verringern, abschwächen, verkleinern, schrumpfen, reduzieren, schmällernGerman
- maldikiĝi, malgrandiĝi, plimalgrandiĝi, mallarĝiĝiEsperanto
- disminuir, diminuirSpanish
- pienentää, pienentyä, kaventuaFinnish
- diminuer, amincir, rapetisser, rétrécir, réduireFrench
- घटानाHindi
- պակասելArmenian
- diminutarIdo
- ridurre, diminuireItalian
- 減少するJapanese
- dēdūcō, diminuo, minuoLatin
- sumažintiLithuanian
- samazinātLatvian
- whakamimitiMāori
- verlagen, verkleinen, afnemen, verminderenDutch
- diminuirPortuguese
- huch'uiyay, chikachay, huch'uiyachiy, asllayachiyQuechua
- уме́ньшиться, уменьша́ться, уме́ньшить, уменьша́тьRussian
- minskaSwedish
- azaltmakTurkish
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