Synonyms for diminished
di·min·ished

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1. diminished, lessened, vitiated, weakenedadjective

   impaired by diminution

   Synonyms:
   wasted, hurt, small, lessened, debased, belittled, faded, attenuate, cut, vitiated, weakened, thinned, atrophied, corrupted, attenuated

   Antonyms:
   increased, unimpaired

2. atrophied, wasted, diminishedadjective

   (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use

   "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

   Synonyms:
   pinched, senseless, otiose, atrophied, gaunt, squandered, purposeless, lessened, superfluous, skeletal, emaciated, vitiated, haggard, belittled, cadaverous, weakened, small, wasted, bony, pointless

   Antonyms:
   unimpaired, increased

3. diminishedadjective

   (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval

   "a diminished fifth"

   Synonyms:
   belittled, wasted, weakened, vitiated, atrophied, small, lessened

   Antonyms:
   unimpaired, increased

4. belittled, diminished, smalladjective

   made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

   "her comments made me feel small"

   Synonyms:
   wasted, atrophied, lowly, humble, lessened, modest, small(a), minuscule, minor, pocket-sized, belittled, weakened, small, pocket-size, vitiated, little, small-scale, low

   Antonyms:
   unimpaired, increased

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. involve oneself deeply

   in a particular activity

   Submitted by anonymous on July 12, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "diminished":

   decreased, declined, reduced, fallen, weakened, dropped, mitigated, attenuated, decrease, lessened

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1. Isabella Castragiovanni:

   Lack of access to even basic livelihood opportunities and diminished access to food and other assistance will make these families even more vulnerable and destitute and children will certainly become even more at risk, ...we shouldn't leave millions of children not only without hope, but without basic means to survive.

2. Daniel Ang:

   Oil-exporting countries such as Malaysia may have diminished government revenues from falling energy prices and this could exacerbate their debt issues, if prices do continue to fall and persist for a long time ... oil rig developments could be re-evaluated if the cost for extraction continues to exceed the cost per barrel.

3. Melania Trump:

   Together, we must declare that the era of allowing brutality against women and children is over, while affirming that the time for empowering women around the world is now, for wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them.

4. Dag Hammarskjld:

   The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of of others.

5. Arthur Koestler:

   When a person identifies himself with a group his critical faculties are diminished and his passions enhanced by a kind of emotive resonance. The individual is not a killer, the group is, and by identifying with it, the individual becomes one. This is the infernal dialect reflected in man's history.