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Diminished   /dɪmˈɪnɪʃt/   Listen
Diminished

adjective
1.
Impaired by diminution.  Synonyms: lessened, vitiated, weakened.
2.
(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use.  Synonyms: atrophied, wasted.  Antonym: hypertrophied.
3.
(of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval.
4.
Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth).  Synonyms: belittled, small.


Diminish

verb
(past & past part. diminished; pres. part. diminishing)
1.
Decrease in size, extent, or range.  Synonyms: decrease, fall, lessen.  "The cabin pressure fell dramatically" , "Her weight fell to under a hundred pounds" , "His voice fell to a whisper"  Antonym: increase.
2.
Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of.  Synonym: belittle.



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"Diminished" Quotes from Famous Books



... which the controversy was placed by General Hamilton on Friday (June 22d) last, and I was immediately furnished with a communication demanding a personal interview. The necessity of this measure has not, in the opinion of Colonel Burr, been diminished by the general's last letter, or any communication which has since been received. I am, consequently, again instructed to deliver you a message as soon as it may be convenient for you to receive it. I beg, therefore, you will be so good as to inform me at what hour I ...
— Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete • Matthew L. Davis
... their national life, the fortunate circumstances that have so long made them unacquainted with the terrible ordeals of war, have diverted their thoughts from a bellicose policy, and have confirmed them in their peaceful leanings. How far these tendencies have diminished their fighting-power, and rendered them unequal to accept or bear the sacrifices that would be entailed by any strenuous defence of their country against serious invasion by a Great Power, must remain a matter of opinion. ...
— Dutch Life in Town and Country • P. M. Hough
... his courtiers, had forgotten his favourite; but now the meeting was most cordial on both sides. The sultan seemed determined to make up for his neglect; and the favourite to shew, that neither scholarship, nor the discipline requisite for obtaining it, had diminished his social affections or ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 - Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 • Various
... from the fire. Its heat seems to be diminished. Has the fire really grown less hot? And if I could withdraw to a sufficient distance, I know that the fire would appear to me smaller and less bright. Could I get far enough away to make it seem the faintest speck in the field of vision, would ...
— An Introduction to Philosophy • George Stuart Fullerton
... intellectual work easier without any evident subsequent depression. The muscles are caused to contract more vigorously, increasing their working power without there being any secondary reaction leading to a diminished capacity for work. Its action upon the circulation is somewhat antagonistic; for while it tends to increase the rate of the heart by acting directly on the heart muscle, it tends to decrease it by stimulating the inhibitory center ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers


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