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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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. Grainger Rickenbaker:

   You just feel a little bit diminished, its just not the same experience I would be getting if I was at the campus.

2. Candace Hayden:

   Before this, I was healthy. I was active and self-sufficient. I fear my diminished quality of life is my new normal, will I ever run again? Will I ever ride my bike? I would give anything to get in my car and just drive it. My greatest fear is for others like Maddie, the children, those that are younger that don’t have a voice, that can’t tell you how they’re feeling, that don’t understand why their legs are no longer working.

3. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:

   The threat to our nation and our American way of life has not diminished, in fact, the threat has metastasized and decentralized, and the risk is as threatening today as it was that September morning almost 16 years ago.

4. Subhas Acharya:

   The land resource is finite and a population of 4.4 million cannot be sustained within it. Fish stocks have diminished and forest dwelling involves high risks. On top, climatic changes here are already evident and well-documented.

5. David Curry:

   The stated purpose [ of ISIS ] to eliminate and force the Christians and Yazidi people out of the region, they are succeeding. The Christian population in the region has greatly diminished.