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Synonyms and Antonyms of lessened
- we lessened our efforts as it became clear they weren't having an effect
- the pain should begin to lessen within minutes of taking the medication
abated, declined, decreased, de-escalated, died (away or down or out), diminished, drained (away), dropped (off), dwindled, eased, ebbed, fell, fell away, let up, lowered, moderated, palled, phased down, ratcheted (down) also racheted (down) , receded, relented, remitted, shrank (or shrunk), subsided, tapered, tapered off, waned
accumulated, ballooned, built, burgeoned (also bourgeoned), enlarged, escalated, expanded, grew, increased, intensified, mounted, mushroomed, picked up, rose, snowballed, soared, swelled, waxed
- blatant hypocrisy that lessened him in the eyes of the voters
befouled, begrimed, contaminated, defiled, diluted, dirtied, polluted, tainted, thinned, watered down, weakened
disgraced, dishonored, humbled, humiliated, shamed, took down
blemished, damaged, defaced, destroyed, flawed, harmed, hurt, impaired, marred, ruined, spoiled (or chiefly British spoilt), stained, tarnished, wrecked
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