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| VERB | 1 | diminish, decrease, lessen, fall | Decrease in size, extent, or range |
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| 2 | diminish, belittle | Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of |
| Sounds | dihmih'nihsh |
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| Rhymes | abolish, accomplish, admonish, and 156 more rhymes in ihsh... |
| Meaning | Decrease in size, extent, or range. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | decrease, lessen, fall |
| Contrary | increase |
| Broader | change magnitude |
| Narrower | break; shrink, shrivel; taper; drop off; vanish, fly, vaporize; break; ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag; weaken; boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate; shrink, contract; shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither; abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away; deflate; dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down; remit; de-escalate; depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue; shorten; thin out; decline, go down, wane; wane; wane; decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard; decrescendo |
| Entailed by | scale down |
| Nouns | diminution |
| Meaning | Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | belittle |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
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