Dictionary Entry
diminish
diminish is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
- 2transitive verb
To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
- 3transitive verb
To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
- 4transitive verb
To take away; to subtract.
- 5intransitive verb
To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
- 6verb
decrease in size, extent, or range
"The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"
"The cabin pressure fell dramatically"
- 7verb
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
"don't belittle your colleagues"
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