
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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