Synonyms and Antonyms of diminished
1
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
- tends to diminish any rival's accomplishments with snide remarks
bad-mouthed, belittled, cried down, decried, denigrated, deprecated, depreciated, derogated, discounted, dismissed, disparaged, dissed [slang], kissed off, minimized, played down, poor-mouthed, put down, ran down, talked down, trashed, trash-talked, vilipended, wrote off
discommended
abused, scolded
disapproved (of), disliked
censured, condemned, criticized, denounced, reprehended, reprobated
aspersed, defamed, maligned, ripped, slandered, slurred, traduced, vilified
discredited, disgraced
2
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
- the state's blood supplies were severely diminished by the two consecutive disasters
abated, decreased, de-escalated, dented, depleted, downscaled, downsized, dropped, dwindled, eased, knocked down, lessened, lowered, reduced
compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted
abbreviated, abridged, clipped, cropped, curtailed, cut, cut back, cut down, docked, nicked, pared, pruned, retrenched, shortened, slashed, trimmed, truncated, whittled
deflated, shrank (or shrunk)
minimized
moderated, modified, modulated, qualified
blew up, dilated, distended, inflated, swelled
elongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged, protracted
added (to), complemented, supplemented
enhanced, heightened, intensified
redoubled
3
to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
- the sound of the train diminished as our distance from it increased
abated, declined, decreased, de-escalated, died (away or down or out), drained (away), dropped (off), dwindled, eased, ebbed, fell, fell away, lessened, let up, lowered, moderated, palled, phased down, ratcheted (down) also
racheted (down)
, receded, relented, remitted, shrank (or shrunk), subsided, tapered, tapered off, waned
compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted
evaporated, faded (away), frittered (away), gave out, melted (away), petered (out), tailed (off), vanished
slackened, slowed (down)
alleviated, relaxed
flagged, sank (or sunk), weakened
caved (in), collapsed, deflated
accumulated, ballooned, built, burgeoned (also bourgeoned), enlarged, escalated, expanded, grew, increased, intensified, mounted, mushroomed, picked up, rose, snowballed, soared, swelled, waxed
