Definitions for diminish

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diminish di·min·ish

Spelling: [dih-min-ish]

IPA: /dɪˈmɪn ɪʃ/

Diminish is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in diminish (dhiiimns).

Definitions for diminish

verb (used with object)

1. to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
2. Architecture. to give (a column) a form tapering inward from bottom to top.
3. Music. to make (an interval) smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding perfect or minor interval.
4. to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage.

verb (used without object)

1. to lessen; decrease.

Origin of diminish

1400-50; late Middle English; blend of diminuen (Anglo-French diminuer Medieval Latin dīminuere for Latin dēminuere to make smaller) and minishen minish

Examples for diminish

Nevertheless the amount of custom at Mr. Farnham's did not diminish much.

He exploited a physique that most would try desperately to diminish.

We cannot increase or diminish God's holiness by anything that we do.

Does government enhance or diminish the safety of the governed?

Nor will it diminish in your estimation, John, which money might.'

You diminish your power; you also diminish your ability to help the cause if you start doing every cause.

Night brought no change, unless it was to diminish the force of the wind.

And yet that does not diminish the responsibilities you have to be better than those you oppose.

The refinement and the multiplicity of pleasures also diminish the attractions of marriage.

That comment is in line with previous Obama statements seeking to diminish the threat that Russia poses to the United States.