# diminished

Pronunciation: US say "di-MIN-isht" /dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/; UK

## Adjective

1. Made less in size, amount, degree, or strength than it was before.
   - Simple: Made smaller in size, amount, or strength than before.
   - _The charity operated on a diminished budget after donations dropped._
   - _Her diminished hearing meant she relied more on lip reading._
3. Made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable than is truly the case, often through another's words or actions.
   - Simple: Made to seem less important or valuable than someone or something really is.
   - _He left the meeting feeling diminished after his ideas were dismissed._
   - _Her achievements looked diminished beside the relentless hype around her rival._
4. In music, lowered by a semitone, as an interval or chord.
   - Simple: In music, made one half-step lower than the usual note or chord.
   - _The composer resolved the phrase out of a diminished chord for dramatic effect._
   - _A diminished fifth spans six semitones and feels strikingly unstable._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of diminish. — simple past and past participle of diminish
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of diminish. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _Sales diminished sharply once the novelty wore off._
   - _The medicine had diminished her pain by the next morning._

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