Exact Match:
- diminish
- lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
Synonyms:
- abase,
- abash,
- abate,
- abbreviate,
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- abuse,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- allow for,
- alter,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- belittle,
- benumb,
- blunt,
- boil down,
- box in,
- bring down,
- bring low,
- chasten,
- cheapen,
- circumscribe,
- clip,
- close,
- color,
- compress,
- condense,
- condition,
- confine,
- constrain,
- constrict,
- consume,
- consume away,
- contract,
- control,
- corrode,
- crop,
- crumble,
- crush,
- curtail,
- cushion,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- debase,
- decline,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- degrade,
- deliquesce,
- demean,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- derogate,
- desiccate,
- detract,
- detract from,
- devalue,
- die away,
- die out,
- discredit,
- dismiss,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- dive,
- dock,
- downgrade,
- downplay,
- drain,
- draw in,
- drift away,
- droop,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dry up,
- dull,
- dump,
- dump on,
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- ease off,
- eat away,
- ebb,
- erode,
- extenuate,
- extract,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- file away,
- flag,
- foment,
- give relief,
- gloss over,
- go,
- go away,
- go in,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- humiliate,
- ignore,
- impair,
- keep within bounds,
- languish,
- lay,
- leach,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- let up,
- lighten,
- limit,
- lop,
- lower,
- lull,
- make allowance for,
- melt away,
- mince,
- minify,
- minimize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- move away,
- move off,
- narrow,
- numb,
- obtund,
- pad,
- palliate,
- pare,
- peter out,
- pine,
- play down,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- prune,
- pull away,
- purify,
- put down,
- qualify,
- recede,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refine,
- regulate by,
- reject,
- relieve,
- remove,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retire,
- retreat,
- retrench,
- retrocede,
- roll back,
- rub away,
- run low,
- sag,
- salve,
- scale down,
- sear,
- season,
- set conditions,
- set down,
- set limits,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- shrivel,
- simplify,
- sink,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- slur over,
- smother,
- snape,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stand off,
- step down,
- stifle,
- straiten,
- stupe,
- subduct,
- subdue,
- subside,
- subtract,
- suppress,
- tail off,
- take away,
- take down,
- take from,
- tame,
- taper,
- taper off,
- temper,
- thin,
- thin out,
- tone down,
- trip up,
- truncate,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- varnish,
- vitiate,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear away,
- weed,
- whitewash,
- widen the distance,
- wilt,
- wind down,
- withdraw,
- wither,
- wizen,
- write off