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| Main Entry: | diminish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or cause to be less |
| Synonyms: | abate, abbreviate, attenuate, close, contract, curtail, cut, decline, decrease, depreciate, drain, dwindle, ebb, extenuate, lessen, lower, moderate, peter out, recede, reduce, retrench, shrink, shrivel, slacken, subside, taper, temper, wane, weaken, become smaller, die out, fade away, minify |
| Antonyms: | develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | diminish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad-mouth*, cheapen, decry, demean, depreciate, derogate, devalue, minimize, pan*, put away*, put down*, run down*, tear down*, cut down to size, detract from, dispraise, dump on, give comeuppance, knock off high horse, poormouth |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of self-esteem, confidence |
| Synonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame |
| Antonyms: | cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | abate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, grow or cause to grow less |
| Synonyms: | allay, chill out*, coast*, cool, decline, decrease, diminish, dull, dwindle, ebb, let up, moderate, quell, recede, reduce, slacken, slow, subdue, subside, taper, wane, cool it, go with the flow, hang easy, hang loose, lay back, let go, let it all hang out, mellow out, take it easy, taper off, unlax |
| Antonyms: | amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, increase, intensify, magnify, prolong, revive, rise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shorten |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abstract, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, slash, snip*, summarize, trim, truncate, blue pencil, put in nutshell |
| Antonyms: | add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | satisfy, pacify |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, content, diminish, do*, ease, gratify, lessen, lull, meet halfway, mitigate, mollify, placate, propitiate, quell, quench, quiet, serve, soften, soothe, subdue, sweeten, tranquilize, be enough, make matters up, patch things up |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, annoy, incite, irritate, provoke, tease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | belittle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detract |
| Synonyms: | bad-mouth, blister, criticize, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, downgrade, downplay, knock*, lower, minimize, pan, put down, rip*, roast*, run down, scorch*, scorn, slam*, smear, sour grapes, squash*, squelch, take down, tear down*, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, write off, cut down to size, cut to the quick, dispraise, dump on, pooh pooh, poor mouth, scoff at, shoot down*, shoot full of holes, sneer at, take a swipe at, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | build up, exaggerate, praise, value |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | curtail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short; abridge |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, halt, lessen, lop, reduce, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, boil down, get to meat, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, roll back |
| Antonyms: | extend, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | cut short |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop earlier than intended |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abort, abridge, break off, check, checkmate, clip, curtail, diminish, end, finish, freeze, halt, hinder, intercept, interrupt, postpone, quit, shorten, stop, terminate, break short, bring to an end; leave unfinished, put a stop to, stop cold, stop dead, stop short |
| Antonyms: | continue, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
| Synonyms: | abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away |
| Antonyms: | add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | decry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, blame |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad-mouth*, belittle, calumniate, censure, condemn, defame, denounce, depreciate, derogate, detract, devalue, diminish, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, downgrade, hit*, knock*, lower, malign, minimize, pan*, put down, rap, reprehend, reprobate, run down, slam*, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off, asperse, cry down, do a number on, dump on, mark down, opprobriate, poor-mouth, rail against, take away, take swipe at, throw stones at |
| Antonyms: | applaud, compliment, exalt, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away or out; reduce |
| Synonyms: | abstract, allow, cut back, diminish, discount, dock, draw back, knock off, lessen, rebate, reduce, remove, subtract, take, take off, withdraw, write off, bate, decrease by, roll back, take from |
| Notes: | deduce means to conclude by reasoning or in logic; adduce means to cite as proof or evidence; deduct means to take away from or subtract from another |
| Antonyms: | add, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | defuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disarm; smooth over |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, cripple, deactivate, diminish, disable, lessen, moderate, mollify, pacify, pad, restrain, soften, soothe, subdue, weaken, demilitarize |
| Main Entry: | degrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, pan*, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down*, sink, slam, take down*, tear down*, vitiate, weaken, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, declass, disbar, mudsling, shoot down*, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deplete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, exhaust supply |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bleed*, decrease, diminish, drain, draw, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk*, reduce, sap, spend, squander, undermine, waste, weaken, dig into, dry up, suck dry, use up, wash up |
| Antonyms: | add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away a part; lessen |
| Synonyms: | backbite*, belittle, blister, cheapen, decrease, decry, depreciate, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, knock*, laugh at, lower, minimize, reduce, underrate, undervalue, withdraw, write off, cut rate, devaluate, disesteem, draw away, misprize, subtract from, vilipend |
| Antonyms: | add to, increase, optimize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dilute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thinner; weaken |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alter, attenuate, cook, cut, decrease, diffuse, diminish, doctor*, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, mix, moderate, modify, needle*, plant, qualify, reduce, shave*, spike, temper, water, water down, deliquesce, doctor up, phony up |
| Antonyms: | concentrate, strengthen, thicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downsize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to decrease in size, especially of a workforce |
| Synonyms: | curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, decrease, deduct, diminish, phase out, reduce, retrench, shrink, step down, trim, phase down, roll back, roll down, scale back, scale down, trim away, tune down |
| Main Entry: | droop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang down; languish |
| Synonyms: | bend, dangle, decline, depress, diminish, drop, fade, fail, faint, flag, lean, let down, loll, lop, sag, settle, sink, sling, slouch, slump, subside, suspend, weaken, wilt, wither, fall down |
| Antonyms: | inflate, rise |
| Main Entry: | dwarf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | minimize |
| Synonyms: | belittle, check, dim, diminish, dominate, hinder, lower, overshadow, predominate, retard, stunt, suppress, detract from, look down upon, make small, micrify, minify, rise above, tower above, tower over |
| Antonyms: | maximize, oversize |
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