diminished

lessened, reduced

Adjective

  1. lessened, reduced
    • The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
    • Another well-known express to disappear on the same date was the Blue Comet of the Central of New Jersey, an all-coach luxury express which operated between New York and Atlantic City; in this case the reason is...
  2. made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable
    • She felt diminished by the report card.
  3. reduced by a semitone

Forms

more diminished most diminished

Synonyms

diminished lessened reduced

Antonyms

antonym(s) of augmented

Derived

bidiminished diminished capacity diminished fifth diminished fourth diminished interval diminished ninth diminished octave diminished radix complement diminished responsibility diminished second diminished seventh diminished seventh chord diminished sixth diminished third diminished triad diminished value half-diminished seventh chord tridiminished undiminished

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of diminish