diminish
Meaning of diminish
- make or become less.
the new law is expected to diminish the government's chances
the pain will gradually diminish
late Middle English: blend of archaic minish ‘diminish’ (based on Latin minutia ‘smallness’) and obsolete diminue ‘speak disparagingly’ (based on Latin deminuere ‘lessen’ (in late Latin diminuere ), from minuere ‘make small’).
Information about diminish
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of diminish
di-min-ish
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- diminish is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
diminish synonyms
Meaning decrease:
Meaning belittle:
Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:
Meaning make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:
Meaning become or make smaller in size or amount:
Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:
Meaning make or become lower, weaker, or less:
Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:
Meaning sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply:
Meaning fall or drop straight down at high speed:
Meaning jump or dive quickly and energetically:
Meaning reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on:
Meaning reduce the size, amount, or quantity of:
Meaning a plum preserved by drying and having a black, wrinkled appearance:
Meaning less high in position:
Meaning become or make less wide:
Meaning make narrower, especially by encircling pressure:
Meaning put a limit on; keep under control:
Meaning set or serve as a limit to:
Meaning restrain or keep in check:
Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:
Meaning weaken or reduce the force of (something):
Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:
Meaning (of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land):
Meaning lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously:
Meaning gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power):
Meaning become less intense, violent, or severe:
Meaning (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size:
Meaning (of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread:
Meaning diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength:
Meaning gradually grow faint and disappear:
Meaning reduce or decrease in speed or intensity:
Meaning make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent:
Meaning (of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease:
Meaning (of a quality, feeling, or possibility) gradually diminish:
diminish antonyms
Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:
Translation of diminish
- German: abziehen
- Italian: sottrarre, diminuire, ridurre
- Spanish: substraer, restar, sustraer, mermar, disminuir, menguar
- French: soustraire, diminuer, rétrécir, rapetisser, apetisser
- Portuguese: subtrair, minguar, diminuir
Words that rhyme with diminish
Nish, Danish, Germanish, Italianish, Mussulmanish, Normanish, Romanish, Spanish, Svanish, Tarzanish, banish, charlatanish, cleanish, danish, dragomanish, evanish, fustianish, gentlewomanish, hooliganish, humanish, leanish, meanish, nonpaganish, outvanish, paganish, planish, policemanish, queanish, rebanish, romanish, ruffianish, semipaganish, spanish, unwomanish, vanish, womanish, Beethovenish, Ibsenish, Rhenish, Slovenish, Toppenish, citizenish, deplenish, displenish, greenish, heathenish, heavenish, hoidenish, hoydenish, kittenish