Antonyms for diminishing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-min-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɪn ɪʃ |
Definition of diminishing
Origin :- early 15c., from merger of two obsolete verbs, diminue and minish. Diminue is from Old French diminuer "make small," from Latin diminuere "break into small pieces," variant of deminuere "lessen, diminish," from de- "completely" + minuere "make small" (see minus).
- Minish is from Old French menuisier, from Latin minuere. Related: Diminished; diminishes; diminishing.
- verb become or cause to be less
- verb belittle
- Instead of diminishing employment, the Jacquard loom increased it at least tenfold.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- First there came a diminishing of the sounds that filled the place.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- Evidently, the unknown's stock of the virtue which he demanded of others was diminishing.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- And he extricated a five dollar bill from his diminishing bankroll and tendered it.
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- Remarks on methods of increasing and diminishing the coagulability of the blood.
- Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich
- They took some of the diminishing drug to check their growth.
- Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings
- He hauled out an opalescent vial of the diminishing element.
- Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings
- He could feel nothing but the sense of diminishing distance.
- Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
- The peasants to the number of 251 compose the diminishing population.
- Extract from : « Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution » by Alpheus Spring Packard
- On the second, the total amount may be increasing or diminishing.
- Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Synonyms for diminishing
- abate
- abbreviate
- abuse
- attenuate
- bad-mouth
- become smaller
- cheapen
- close
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- cut down to size
- decline
- decrease
- decry
- demean
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract from
- devalue
- die out
- dispraise
- drain
- dump on
- dwindle
- ebb
- extenuate
- fade away
- give comeuppance
- knock off high horse
- lessen
- lower
- minify
- minimize
- moderate
- pan
- peter out
- poormouth
- put away
- put down
- recede
- reduce
- retrench
- run down
- shrink
- shrivel
- slacken
- subside
- taper
- tear down
- temper
- wane
- weaken
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