diminish

Definition for diminish

verb as in become or cause to be less

Strongest matches

abate, curtail, decline, decrease, dwindle, ebb, lessen, lower, recede, reduce, shrink, slacken, subside, temper, wane, weaken

Strong matches

abbreviate, attenuate, close, contract, cut, depreciate, drain, extenuate, minify, moderate, retrench, shrivel, taper

Weak matches

become smaller, die out, fade away, peter out

verb as in belittle

Strongest matches

detract from, minimize

Strong matches

abuse, cheapen, decry, demean, depreciate, derogate, devalue, pan

Weak matches

bad-mouth, cut down to size, dispraise, dump on, give comeuppance, knock off high horse, poormouth, put away, put down, run down, tear down

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Now, for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic, the company has returned to the United States — but not to New York, where some of the main importers of European work remain diminished and disoriented.

From New York Times

So if I have one drink, then I’m like, I’m good, or if I have any kind of compulsive behavior, it kind of diminishes.

From Los Angeles Times

This is no time to look away or diminish the urgency and importance of those pledges and imperatives.

From Los Angeles Times

Just this week, the UN warned that Palestinians were "facing diminishing conditions for survival" in parts of northern Gaza under siege by Israeli forces because virtually no aid had been delivered in 40 days.

From BBC

This suggests that the conventional use of the sound diminishes its iconic power.

From Science Daily

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