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Adjective diminished has 4 senses
- diminished, lessened, vitiated, weakened - impaired by diminution
Antonym: unimpaired (indirect, via impaired)
- atrophied, wasted, diminished - (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"
- diminished - (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth"
Antonym: increased (indirect, via decreased)
- belittled, diminished, small - made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small"
Antonym: increased (indirect, via decreased)
Verb diminish has 2 senses
- decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
--1 is one way to change magnitude
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- diminish, belittle - lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
--2 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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