Definition for Diminished:

• ( of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval; " a diminished fifth"

Synonyms for Diminished:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • vitiated,
  • lessened,
  • weakened,
  • diminished.
  •decreased (adjective)
  • shrunk,
  • Abated,
  • abridged,
  • deflated,
  • decreased,
  • abbreviated,
  • depleted,
  • Compacted,
  • drained,
  • lower,
  • truncated,
  • decremented,
  • shortened,
  • concentrated,
  • Curtailed,
  • eroded,
  • Receded,
  • compressed,
  • contracted.
  •diluted (adjective)
  • watered-down.
  •diminished (adjective)
  • Bobbed,
  • trimmed,
  • Nipped,
  • weeded,
  • cropped,
  • removed,
  • Lightened,
  • downgraded,
  • dropped,
  • sheared,
  • shaved,
  • Leached,
  • cut,
  • clipped,
  • condensed,
  • tapered,
  • Pared,
  • pruned,
  • mowed,
  • docked.
  •reduced (adjective)
  • Snubbed,
  • Depreciated,
  • bated,
  • Elided,
  • miniaturized,
  • Deleted,
  • scaled down,
  • modified,
  • subtracted,
  • Discounted.
  •relieved (adjective)
  • Soothed,
  • anesthetized,
  • mitigated.
  •restricted (adjective)
  • most hitched,
  • most tethered,
  • more narrowed,
  • more obstructed,
  • more deterred,
  • more secured,
  • most blocked,
  • more clogged,
  • most bridled,
  • more impeded,
  • most checked,
  • more bridled,
  • more blocked,
  • more stayed,
  • sur rounded,
  • most secured,
  • more encircled,
  • encircled,
  • most suppressed,
  • re-strained,
  • more repressed,
  • re pressed,
  • most fettered,
  • most clogged,
  • more tethered,
  • more checked,
  • pre vented,
  • more barred,
  • most deterred,
  • most impeded,
  • most manacled,
  • de fined,
  • most narrowed,
  • fettered,
  • most encircled,
  • sur-rounded,
  • more moderated,
  • most curbed,
  • more chained,
  • impeded,
  • more suppressed,
  • more hampered,
  • most barred,
  • most defined,
  • more curbed,
  • more manacled,
  • most repressed,
  • most obstructed,
  • most foiled,
  • most stayed,
  • re-pressed,
  • most moderated,
  • re strained,
  • most chained,
  • governed,
  • more hitched,
  • pre-scribed,
  • more defined,
  • de-fined,
  • most hampered,
  • more fettered,
  • pre-vented,
  • more foiled.
  •short (adjective)
  • compendiary,
  • epigrammatic,
  • breviloquent,
  • short,
  • shortest,
  • cut to bone,
  • unprolonged,
  • Curtate,
  • not protracted,
  • under-sized,
  • cut to the bone,
  • decurtate,
  • Unsustained,
  • in a nutshell.
  •shrunken (adjective)
  • most shriveled,
  • more shriveled.
  •unimportant (adjective)
  • superficial,
  • inconsequential,
  • unconsidered,
  • of no consequence/of little consequence,
  • irrelevant,
  • petty,
  • unimportant,
  • meaningless,
  • mere.
  •watered-down (adjective)
  • watereddown.

• n.

  •atrophied (noun)
  • atrophied.
  •belittled (noun)
  • belittled.
  •diminished (noun)
  • small,
  • wasted,
  • impaired.

• v.

  •blunted (verb)
  • softened,
  • blunted,
  • dulled,
  • deadened,
  • desensitized.
  •cheapened (verb)
  • degraded,
  • debased,
  • Cheapened,
  • marked down,
  • slashed,
  • devaluated,
  • devalued.
  •curtailed (verb)
  • fragmented,
  • minimized,
  • discontinued.
  •decreased (verb)
  • Subsided,
  • died down,
  • Dwindled,
  • lowered,
  • Shrank,
  • deducted.
  •detracted (verb)
  • Detracted,
  • Disparaged,
  • abraded,
  • maligned,
  • Defamed,
  • Decried,
  • cast aspersion,
  • Derogated.
  •diminished (verb)
  • Culled.
  •discounted (verb)
  • Undersold.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • chord.
  •capsulated
  • summarized.
  •smaller
  • shorter.

Paraphrases for Diminished:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    lessened, reduced.
  • Proper noun, singular
    reduced.
  • Verb, past tense
    weakened.
  • Verb, past participle
    weakened, reducing, reduce, reduced.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, past participle
    undiminished.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    weakened, decreasing, depressed, impaired, declining, reducing, reduce, restricted, limited, mitigated, reduction, decline, Discounted, lesser, degraded, deteriorating, minor, fading, narrow, lowered, lower, downward, Mitigating, falling, curtailment.
  • Verb, past tense
    Shrank, underestimated, undermined, Dampened, Subsided, slashed, Dwindled, eroded, Declined, Curtailed, dipped, Waned, downgrade, undercut, increased, faded, plummeted, Descended, Slid, downplayed, moderated, narrowed, improved, Slipped, trimmed, Slowed, Crashed, Shrugged, cancelled, suppressed, belittled, eased, showed, dented, dropped, Incinerated, slumped, adjusted, Sagged, fell, Resulted, burned, retreated, Plunged, experienced, Extracted, contracted, Blew, turned, played, Tumbled, torched, backed, lessened, kept, depressed, limited, mitigated, reduction, decline, Discounted, lowered, reduced.
  • Verb, past participle
    shrunk, tarnished, vanished, Disappeared, distorted, dissipated, underestimated, undermined, impeded, worsened, disrupted, Hindered, minimized, dismantled, Dampened, constrained, Subsided, endangered, slashed, Dwindled, Hampered, eroded, demolished, Languished, softened, Jeopardized, streamlined, downsized, Declined, Pushed, harmed, jeopardised, Abolished, accomplished, Ceased, Ameliorated, inhibited, Lightened, downgraded, Curtailed, dipped, understated, evaporated, undercut, reconsidered, aggravated, threatened, disabled, increased, faded, handicapped, sink, tightened, frustrated, Eliminated, depleted, loosened, obstructed, assigned, stifled, Depreciated, Outstripped, Imperilled, injured, plummeted, Influenced, crushed, encumbered, downregulated, confused, simplified, hurt, offset, Instituted, confined, decelerated, condemned, Slid, dispatched, Decimated, destroyed, Eradicated, diagnosed, nullified, decremented, curbed, moderated, subdued, deprived, overstated, narrowed, missed, grown, devalued, altered, affected, ruined, Suffered, improved, Slipped, shaken, refined, stricken, seized, relieved, addressed, Precluded, child, Infringed, abridged, trimmed, Slowed, Stationed, suppressed, removed, eased, thwarted, Shown, Wiped, revised, scaled, Abated, compressed, subtracted, debilitated, dented, thinned, misplaced, dropped, afflicted, crippled, slumped, adjusted, Allayed, moved, attained, doomed, delayed, undervalued, phased, Sagged, Regressed, damaged, strained, Begun, cooled, summarised, stretched, violated, revisited, fallen, Extirpated, prejudice, prejudiced, impacted, Squeezed, Outlived, fell, reversed, initiated, Commenced, led, HIT, smoothed, burnt, Compromised, Prevented, IOST, underrated, relaxed, Challenged, Resulted, Undertaken, marred, burned, Channelled, engaged, wasted, recorded, Been, overlooked, dulled, countered, Compared, Sapped, started, buffered, Occurred, Brought, retreated, forfeited, observed, deducted, lifted, Plunged, torn, collapsed, converted, experienced, Bridged, allocated, reviewed, Relegated, seen, effected, truncated, changed, Achieved, Earmarked, rolled, stunted, shed, continued, qualified, defeated, tempered, Dwarfed, mired, mined, breached, contracted, blown, Commuted, appropriated, touched, blocked, broken, cropped, Embarked, Launched, pruned, blunted, bounded, taken, closed, forced, posted, Carried, Bought, Reached, backed, pulled, gone, lessened, kept, depressed, impaired, restricted, limited, mitigated, dimmed, attenuated, reduction, Discounted, degraded, lowered, lower.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    dimmed, attenuated, less, minimise, smallest.

Antonyms for Diminished:

• imp. & p. p.

  • Other antonyms:
    unimpaired, hypertrophied.

Diminished Sentence Examples:

• Beale's gaiety rather increased than diminished.

• Their amount gradually diminished.

Homophones for Diminished:

• downside, daminozide, demist, dehumanised, dehumanized, demigod, dim-sighted, dummy whist, Don Quixote, damaged, dynast, downy cheat, dunked, dunk shot, Dehong Dai, dynasty, donizetti, dennstaedtia, doomsday, downcast, domoic acid, donkey jacket, density.