Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to diminish
Participle: diminished
Gerund: diminishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | diminish |
| you | diminish |
| he;she;it | diminishes |
| we | diminish |
| you | diminish |
| they | diminish |
Perfect
| I | have diminished |
| you | have diminished |
| he;she;it | has diminished |
| we | have diminished |
| you | have diminished |
| they | have diminished |
Past
| I | diminished |
| you | diminished |
| he;she;it | diminished |
| we | diminished |
| you | diminished |
| they | diminished |
Pluperfect
| I | had diminished |
| you | had diminished |
| he;she;it | had diminished |
| we | had diminished |
| you | had diminished |
| they | had diminished |
Future
| I | will diminish |
| you | will diminish |
| he;she;it | will diminish |
| we | will diminish |
| you | will diminish |
| they | will diminish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have diminished |
| you | will have diminished |
| he;she;it | will have diminished |
| we | will have diminished |
| you | will have diminished |
| they | will have diminished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | diminish |
| you | diminish |
| he;she;it | diminish |
| we | diminish |
| you | diminish |
| they | diminish |
Perfect
| I | have diminished |
| you | have diminished |
| he;she;it | have diminished |
| we | have diminished |
| you | have diminished |
| they | have diminished |
Imperfect
| I | diminished |
| you | diminished |
| he;she;it | diminished |
| we | diminished |
| you | diminished |
| they | diminished |
Pluperfect
| I | had diminished |
| you | had diminished |
| he;she;it | had diminished |
| we | had diminished |
| you | had diminished |
| they | had diminished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would diminish |
| you | would diminish |
| he;she;it | would diminish |
| we | would diminish |
| you | would diminish |
| they | would diminish |
Perfect
| I | would have diminished |
| you | would have diminished |
| he;she;it | would have diminished |
| we | would have diminished |
| you | would have diminished |
| they | would have diminished |
Imperative
| you | diminish |
| we | Let's diminish |
| you | diminish |
Verbs conjugated like 'diminish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'diminish'
deminish,
divinise,
minish,
rediminish,
admonish,
dammish,
demolish,
demonise,
digitise,
dimerise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- bring down or reduce
- abate, contract, cut short, decrease, lower, moderate, remit, remove, slacken, suppress, terminate
- make smaller
- decrease
- to become smaller
- decrease, drop, fall, go down, lessen, reduce, shrink, sink
- to make smaller
- abate, cut, decrease, decrement, foreshorten, lessen, lower, reduce
- lessen
- impair, abate, lower, contract, moderate, decrease, pare, dwindle
Antonyms
- make larger
- decrease, increase, augment
- to make smaller
- augment
- to make larger
- augment
- to cause to become more lively and energetic
- benumb, calm down, de-energize, deaden, hose down, muffle, relax, sedate, stifle, suppress, enliven
- lessen
- increase, intensify, strengthen, heighten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Formed under the influence of both diminue (from Old French diminuer, from Latin dīminuo) and minish. See: Latin '
dīminuo'.
Verbs referencing "diminish"
Ido diminutar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] all rolling back again ! I suppose I dodged them up and down this sofa for at least a quarter of an hour, without reaching them once; and by the time I did catch them, the brandy-and-water was diminished, by constant spilling, to a teaspoonful. To complete the group, it is necessary to recognise in this disconcerted dodger, an individual very pale from sea-sickness, who had shaved his beard and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and other rare drinks. The house is full of boarders, both married and single, many of whom sleep upon the premises, and contract by the week for their board and lodging: the charge for which diminishes as they go nearer the sky to roost. A public table is laid in a very handsome hall for breakfast, and for dinner, and for supper. The party sitting down together to these meals will vary in number [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the scruples of such wincing landlords induced them to preserve any unusually nice balance between the quality of their fare, and their scale of charges: on the contrary, I rather suspected them of diminishing the one and exalting the other, by way of recompense for the loss of their profit on the sale of spirituous liquors. After all, perhaps, the plainest course for persons of such tender consciences, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)