DIMINISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diminish mean?
• DIMINISH (verb)
The verb DIMINISH has 2 senses:
1. decrease in size, extent, or range
2. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
Familiarity information: DIMINISH used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DIMINISH (verb)
Meaning:
Decrease in size, extent, or range
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
decrease; diminish; lessen; fall
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "diminish" is one way to...):
change magnitude (change in size or magnitude)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "diminish"):
break (diminish or discontinue abruptly)
dwindle; dwindle away; dwindle down (become smaller or lose substance)
remit (diminish or abate)
de-escalate (diminish in size, scope, or intensity)
depreciate; devaluate; devalue; undervalue (lose in value)
shorten (become short or shorter)
thin out (become sparser)
decline; go down; wane (grow smaller)
wane (decrease in phase)
wane (become smaller)
decelerate; retard; slow; slow down; slow up (lose velocity; move more slowly)
deflate (become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air)
abate; die away; let up; slack; slack off (become less in amount or intensity)
shrink; shrivel (decrease in size, range, or extent)
taper (diminish gradually)
drop off (fall or diminish)
fly; vanish; vaporize (decrease rapidly and disappear)
break (fall sharply)
ease off; ease up; flag; slacken off (become less intense)
weaken (become weaker)
boil down; concentrate; decoct; reduce (be cooked until very little liquid is left)
contract; shrink (become smaller or draw together)
shrink; shrivel; shrivel up; wither (wither, as with a loss of moisture)
decrescendo (grow quieter)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
diminish; belittle
Context example:
don't belittle your colleagues
Hypernyms (to "diminish" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
