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- pronunciation:
- dih
mIn
ihsh
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to decrease or abate; dwindle.
As the daylight began to diminish, we headed back to camp.The pain diminished somewhat after taking the medication.The volume of the trumpets should diminish gradually in this section.- synonyms:
- abate, decrease, dwindle, shrink
- antonyms:
- accumulate, build, grow, increase, mount
- similar words:
- attenuate, bate, contract, dip, drop, ebb, fall, fall off, lessen, let up, lower, mitigate, moderate, ooze, relent, remit, slack, subside, taper, wane, waste
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| related words: |
cool, decline, detract, drop off, dwarf, fade, lose, narrow, recede, sag, shrink, sink, slide, slip, slump, still, trail |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
diminishes, diminishing, diminished |
| definition 1: |
to decrease or cause to appear decreased in size, prestige, or importance.
He felt his wife's success in show business diminished his own achievements.- synonyms:
- decrease
- antonyms:
- aggrandize, amplify, enhance, improve, increase, strengthen
- similar words:
- abate, attenuate, bate, belittle, contract, cut, debase, deduct, devaluate, dwarf, dwindle, eclipse, impair, lessen, lower, pare, reduce, shrink, taper
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| definition 2: |
to detract from the honor or reputation of; disparage; belittle.
His cowardice diminished him in his son's eyes.The accusation of tax evasion diminished her reputation as an honest politician.- synonyms:
- belittle, deprecate, depreciate, discredit, disparage
- antonyms:
- boost
- similar words:
- abase, debase, degrade, demean, derogate, detract from, downgrade, eclipse, put down, run down
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| related words: |
abridge, allay, alleviate, buff, buffer, bust, chill, condense, cool, dampen, deaden, depress, dominate, fade, mitigate, moderate, modify, narrow, reflect, scant, shorten, shrivel, still, thin, weaken |
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| derivations: |
diminishingly (adv.), diminishment (n.) |
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