To say so should not diminish his importance.
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Diminish
//dɪˈmɪnɪʃ//
Synonyms for "diminish" (326 found)
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Strong matches (97)
controlcoolcorrodecropcrumblecrushcurtailcushioncutcut backcut downdampdampende emphasizede-emphasizedeadendeaden the paindebasedecaydecline
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decrydeductdeflatedegradedeliquescedemeandepletedeprecatedepreciatedepressderidederogatedesiccatedetractdetract fromdevaluedie awaydie outdilutediscountdiscreditdismissdisparagedispraisedissipatedissolvedivedockdowngradedownplaydraindraw indrift awaydroopdropdrop offdry updulldumpdump ondwarfeaseease mattersease offeat awayebberodeextenuateextractfadefade awayfailfallfall awayfall offfile awayflagfomentgive reliefgloss overgogo awaygo inhamperhedgehedge abouthold
Related words (163)
humiliateignoreimpairkeep within boundslanguishlapselayleachleavenlenifylet uplightenlimitloplourlowerlullmake allowance formeltmelt away
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minceminifyminimizeminishmitigatemoderatemodifymodulatemollifymove awaymove offnumbobtundovershadowpadpalepalliateparepeter outpineplayplay downplummetplungepoulticepour balm intopour oil onprunepullpull awaypurifyput downqualifyrebaterecedereduce the temperaturerefineregulateregulate byrejectrelaxrelieveremitremoverestrainrestrictretireretreatretrenchretrocederoll backrub awayrun downrun lowsagsalvescalescale downsearseasonset conditionsset downset limitsshaveshortensimplifysinkslackslackenslakeslightslow downslur oversmothersnapesobersober downsoft pedalsoft-pedalsoftensoothestand offstemstepstep downstiflestraitenstupesubductsubduesubtractsuffersuppresstail offtaketake awaytake downtake fromtake the edge offtalktametapertemperthinthin outtone downtrailtrip uptruncatetune downunderplayvarnishvilifyvitiatevituperatewanewastewaste awayweakenwearwear awayweedwhitewashwiden the distancewiltwind downwithdrawwitherwizenwrite off
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4 entriesAntonyms
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12 entriesRelated terms
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5 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
109 translations across 34 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- vogëloj verb (To make smaller)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μειόω verb (To make smaller)
- ἐλασσόω verb (To make smaller)
Arabic
1 entries- خَسَّ verb (To make smaller)
Armenian
3 entries- նվազել verb (To become smaller)
- պակասել verb (To become smaller)
- փոքրանալ verb (To become smaller)
Assamese
2 entries- দমা verb (To become smaller)
- দমোৱা verb (To make smaller)
Bulgarian
3 entries- заострям verb (To taper)
- намалявам verb (To make smaller)
- отслабвам verb (To become smaller)
Catalan
2 entries- disminuir verb (To make smaller)
- disminuir verb (To become smaller)
Czech
1 entries- zmenšit verb (To make smaller)
Dutch
4 entries- afnemen verb (To become smaller)
- verkleinen verb (To make smaller)
- verkleinen verb (To become smaller)
- verlagen verb (To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone)
Esperanto
4 entries- maldikiĝi verb (To taper)
- malgrandigi verb (To make smaller)
- malgrandiĝi verb (To become smaller)
- mallarĝiĝi verb (To taper)
Finnish
3 entries- kaventua verb (To taper)
- pienentyä verb (To become smaller)
- pienentää verb (To make smaller)
French
4 entries- amincir verb (To taper)
- diminuer verb (To become smaller)
- diminuer verb (To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone)
- rapetisser verb (To become smaller)
Galician
2 entries- diminuír verb (To make smaller)
- diminuír verb (To become smaller)
Georgian
4 entries- ამცირებს verb (To make smaller)
- აპატარავებს verb (To make smaller)
- დააპატარავებს verb (To make smaller)
- დაპატარავდება verb (To become smaller)
German
4 entries- abschwächen verb (To taper)
- reduzieren verb (To make smaller)
- schmälern verb (To taper)
- schrumpfen verb (To become smaller)
Hungarian
4 entries- csökken verb (To become smaller)
- csökken (fokozatosan) verb (To taper)
- csökkent verb (To make smaller)
- fogy verb (To become smaller)
Ido
2 entries- diminutar verb (To make smaller)
- diminutar verb (To become smaller)
Irish
3 entries- beagaigh verb (To make smaller)
- laghdaigh verb (To make smaller)
- laghdaigh verb (To become smaller)
Italian
3 entries- diminuire verb (To make smaller)
- diminuire verb (To taper)
- ridurre verb (To make smaller)
Latin
4 entries- diminuō verb (To make smaller)
- dēcrescō verb (To become smaller)
- dēdūcō verb (To make smaller)
- minuō verb (To make smaller)
Latvian
1 entries- samazināt verb (To make smaller)
Ligurian
2 entries- chinâ verb (To make smaller)
- chinâ verb (To become smaller)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sumažinti verb (To make smaller)
Māori
3 entries- tāharahara verb (To make smaller)
- whakamimiti verb (To make smaller)
- whakatōririki verb (To become smaller)
Navajo
1 entries- áádįįł verb (To become smaller)
Portuguese
3 entries- diminuir verb (To make smaller)
- diminuir verb (To become smaller)
- diminuir verb (To taper)
Quechua
4 entries- asllayachiy verb (To make smaller)
- chikachay verb (To make smaller)
- huch'uiyachiy verb (To make smaller)
- huch'uiyay verb (To become smaller)
Romanian
3 entries- diminua verb (To make smaller)
- micșora verb (To make smaller)
- reduce verb (To make smaller)
Russian
4 entries- уме́ньшить verb (To make smaller)
- уме́ньшиться verb (To become smaller)
- уменьша́ть verb (To make smaller)
- уменьша́ться verb (To become smaller)
Sanskrit
1 entries- क्षीयते verb (To make smaller)
Sicilian
1 entries- abbacari verb (To make smaller)
Spanish
4 entries- amenguar verb (To make smaller)
- amenguar verb (To become smaller)
- diminuecer (disused) verb (To become smaller)
- diminuir (disused) verb (To make smaller)
Swedish
2 entries- minska verb (To make smaller)
- minska verb (To become smaller)
Tocharian B
1 entries- spāw verb (To become smaller)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
With no supply of water from trees, rainfalls diminish in time and the area keeps drying up.
Source: tatoeba (266242)
Tom was accused of lying to the court in an effort to diminish his culpability.
Source: tatoeba (3277832)
“O Allah, You created me when I was not worthy of mention; And You provided for me when I had nothing; And I wronged my soul and sinned, and I confess my guilt. If You forgive me, that will in no way diminish Your sovereignty; And if You punish me, that will in no way augment Your authority. You can find others to punish besides me, But I can find no one to forgive me but You. Truly, You are the most merciful of those who show mercy.”
Source: tatoeba (3355326)
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