Definition for Lessened:

• decreased in severity; made less harsh

Synonyms for Lessened:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • lessened.
  •decreased (adjective)
  • Receded,
  • concentrated,
  • lower,
  • abbreviated,
  • deflated,
  • drained,
  • truncated,
  • Abated,
  • shortened,
  • contracted,
  • decreased,
  • decremented,
  • Curtailed,
  • Compacted,
  • abridged,
  • shrunk,
  • eroded,
  • compressed.
  •depleted (adjective)
  • most far-gone,
  • more lessened,
  • most depreciated,
  • more fargone,
  • more far gone,
  • more emptied,
  • most emptied,
  • more sapped,
  • more collapsed,
  • most lessened,
  • de-creased,
  • more depreciated,
  • most sapped,
  • most collapsed,
  • fargone,
  • most decreased,
  • more far-gone,
  • most fargone,
  • more decreased,
  • de creased,
  • most far gone.
  •diluted (adjective)
  • watered.
  •diminished (adjective)
  • Nipped,
  • shrunken,
  • Bobbed,
  • sheared,
  • removed,
  • pruned,
  • Leached,
  • tapered,
  • cut,
  • downgraded,
  • condensed,
  • dropped,
  • mowed,
  • trimmed,
  • cropped,
  • weeded,
  • shaved,
  • Pared,
  • docked,
  • clipped,
  • Lightened.
  •reduced (adjective)
  • subtracted,
  • Discounted,
  • scaled down,
  • bated,
  • Snubbed,
  • miniaturized,
  • Depreciated,
  • Deleted,
  • Elided.
  •restored (adjective)
  • Mended.
  •short (adjective)
  • cut to the bone,
  • in a nutshell,
  • shortest,
  • not protracted,
  • unprolonged,
  • epigrammatic,
  • under-sized,
  • compendiary,
  • Curtate,
  • decurtate,
  • cut to bone,
  • breviloquent,
  • Unsustained,
  • short.
  •watered (adjective)
  • most cut,
  • more thinned,
  • most thinned,
  • more cut.

• v.

  •alleviated (verb)
  • eased,
  • relieved,
  • Soothed,
  • alleviated,
  • Assuaged,
  • Palliated,
  • moderated,
  • mitigated,
  • Allayed.
  •decreased (verb)
  • Subsided,
  • lowered,
  • deducted,
  • died down,
  • Dwindled,
  • Shrank.
  •detracted (verb)
  • Disparaged,
  • Detracted,
  • maligned,
  • cast aspersion,
  • abraded,
  • Defamed,
  • Derogated,
  • Decried.
  •diminished (verb)
  • minimized,
  • Culled.

• Other synonyms:

  •smaller
  • shorter.

Paraphrases for Lessened:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    diminished.
  • Verb, past tense
    reduced.
  • Verb, past participle
    reducing, reduced.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    depressed.
  • Verb, past tense
    diminish, softened, mitigated, Dampened, weakened, Curtailed, undermined, downplayed, Hindered, Shrank, belittled, lowered, Waned, Incinerated, Declined, relaxed, eroded, dented, recede, narrowed, diminished, Shrugged, Commuted, trimmed, Blew, contracted, fell, dropped, played, torched, cut, depressed.
  • Verb, past participle
    minimized, worsened, shortened, softened, Lightened, mitigated, Ameliorated, Dampened, weakened, simplified, decrease, downgraded, reduction, Curtailed, impeded, downsized, concealed, Dwindled, undermined, attenuated, suppressed, constrained, relieved, shrunk, Hindered, undercut, eased, scaled, lowered, impaired, Allayed, offset, reconsidered, Hampered, downregulated, undiminished, Deteriorated, compressed, diluted, affected, subdued, curbed, Declined, depleted, summarised, slashed, Slowed, Subsided, relaxed, eroded, Squeezed, Decimated, Languished, confined, decremented, Receded, degraded, moderated, subtracted, Wiped, Resulted, countered, plummeted, narrowed, stretched, Relegated, Abated, Outstripped, Slipped, diminished, Compromised, strained, faded, blunted, lifted, Pushed, trimmed, rolled, blown, buffered, fallen, deducted, contracted, qualified, crushed, dulled, pruned, Bridged, stunted, Sagged, retreated, smoothed, phased, dimmed, tempered, dropped, cropped, Dwarfed, kept, cut, depressed.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    shorter, reduced.
  • Verb, past tense
    alleviated, decrease, eased.
  • Verb, past participle
    alleviated.

Antonyms for Lessened:

• imp. & p. p.

  • Other antonyms:
    unimpaired, unmitigated.

Lessened Sentence Examples:

• Is not the risk lessened by your presence?

• The darkness gradually lessened and when they got close to the dam they could see as well as they could on any dull day, except for a distance - the sheets of water forbade that.

Homophones for Lessened:

• lignite, loose end, lycaenid, like-minded, luck into, law agent, lycaenidae, locomote, lucent, low comedy, Low Sunday, licentiate, lace into, lucanidae, ligament, loose smut, loose-jointed, leech onto, locksmith, like mad, laciniate, ligand, Leigh Hunt, lagend, liquescent, locknut, loosened, look into, legend, luganda, Lake Mead.