Diminish

What do we mean by diminish?

To make smaller or less; reduce or lessen. synonym: decrease. intransitive verb

To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of. intransitive verb

To cause to taper. intransitive verb

To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone. intransitive verb

To become smaller or less. intransitive verb

To taper. intransitive verb

To taper, as a column.

To lessen; make or seem to make less or smaller by any means; reduce: opposed to increase and augment: as, to diminish a number by subtraction; to diminish the revenue by reducing the customs.

To lower in power, importance, or estimation; degrade; belittle; detract from.

To take away; subtract: with from, and applied to the object removed.

In music, to lessen by a semitone, as an interval.

To lessen; become or appear less or smaller; dwindle: as, the prospect of success is diminishing by delay.

Synonyms Dwindle, Contract, etc. (see decrease); to shrink, subside, abate, ebb, fall off.

To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen. intransitive verb

To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase. transitive verb

To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken. transitive verb

To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor. transitive verb

To take away; to subtract. transitive verb

One whose upper diameter is less than the lower. transitive verb

To make smaller.

To become smaller.

To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).

To taper.

To disappear gradually.

To take away; to subtract.

Words that are spelled similarly to diminish:
diminish, dimish, minish, divinise, biminis, dimmish, rediminish, dominis.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word diminish:
disappear, gable, credibility, cumberland, reservation, hub, chances, effectiveness, eliminate, importance, profits, plain, intensity, influence, symptoms, reducing, toward, coastal, strategies, reduce, increases, strength, impact, significance, threat, popularity, value, patient, effects, stress.

Words that rhyme with diminish:
finish, finnish, refinish, minish, semifinish.

Adjectives that are often used to describe diminish:
wise, least, latter, first, general, last, individual, wondrous, second, whole, physical, evil, governmental, present, redness, future, current, uneducated, higher, contrary, unanswered, particular, economic, effective, indifferent, further, class, content, pharynx, dulness, worth, past, capitalist, rural, equator, poor, former, collective, bloodstream, cold, hectic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective diminish:
learning, pain, day, price, beauty, principle, praise, feelings, anxiety, production, year, corruption, intervals, form, confidence, symptoms, tolerance, expense, waste, people, boldness, weakness, delight, restlessness, opportunities, tillage, light, love, ing, irritability, liberty, freedom, stamina, function, diseases, stress, violence, guilt, tasks, ment, insecurity, administration, frustration, heat, flow.

Words that sound like diminish:
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