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Synonyms & Antonyms of lessened
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Synonyms & Near Synonyms for lessened
- bankrupted,
- consumed,
- debilitated,
- depleted,
- diminished,
- drained,
- dried-up,
- enfeebled,
- exhausted,
- expended,
- reduced,
- spent,
- used up
- barren,
- bony
- (also boney),
- dead,
- desolate,
- hardscrabble,
- impoverished,
- infertile,
- poor,
- stark,
- unfertile,
- unproductive,
- waste
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for lessened
lessened
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of lessened (Entry 2 of 2)
- we lessened our efforts as it became clear they weren't having an effect
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- the pain should begin to lessen within minutes of taking the medication
Synonyms for lessened
- 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
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- 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
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