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Meaning of DIMINISHING

Pronunciation:  dum'inishing

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 Definition: [adj]  becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"
 
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 Synonyms: decreasing
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: abating, allaying, alleviating, assuaging, blunting, chastening, contractive, cushioning, dampening, damping, deadening, declining, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, deliquescent, diminuendo, dulling, dwindling, dying, easing, ebbing, fading, languishing, lessening, mitigating, on the wane, receding, reducing, reductive, relaxing, retiring, retreating, shrinking, sinking, softening, subduing, subsiding, tempering, waning
 

 

 

 

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