Besmall

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make small; (figurative) to make as though small. nonstandard, rare, transitive

    "And loneliness balked my pride, my innate pride, my integral native being, besmalling me all the more, until I couldn't remember myself the way I did last year and the years before."

Synonyms

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minimizeabasebelittlebring downdiminishforeshorten

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"And loneliness balked my pride, my innate pride, my integral native being, besmalling me all the more, until I couldn't remember myself the way I did last year and the years before."

Etymology

From be- + small.

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