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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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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
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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?
He aims to diminish the appeal of the Western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority. His actions are designed not to challenge our arms at this point but to undercut and compromise our belief in our ideals.
For Forrest Dunbar and most Jews, seeing the yellow Star of David on someone's chest elicits the same feeling as seeing a swastika on a flag or the SS insignia on a uniform, it is a symbol of hate that reminds us Jews of the terror and horror we suffered. I believe it is a constitutional right to protest for your values. But I request that you do not use symbols that diminish the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust and the survivors who would like their children not to know the nightmare they endured.
The administration will see this as part of a broader concern about China investing in countries as a threat to make potentially those countries beholden to China or indebted to China and to diminish the United Statess influence in the Western Hemisphere, and I would say that the concern is particularly acute where the investment is going to be in information technology. And in light of the catastrophic damage of the Bahamas, I think that is going to be an issue.
So three years ago, in Syria, there were a lot of options available to us, but this administration stood back from all of those options. And when you fail to lead, what happens over time is your options diminish and situations worsen.
As an organization, the discovery of this event deeply saddens us, although we had no prior knowledge, that doesn't excuse or diminish the fact that this has hurt a fellow human being.
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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