Meaning
- (verb) To make smaller.
- (verb) To become smaller.
- (verb) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
- (verb) To taper.
- (verb) To disappear gradually.
- (verb) To take away; to subtract.
- (adjective) Lessened, reduced “The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.”
- (adjective) Made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable “She felt diminished by the report card.”
- (adjective) Reduced by a semitone
Letter breakdown
- Diminished contains 10 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
Words from these letters
- diminish
- middies
- denims
- dished
- hidden
- inside
- minded
- misdid
- shined
- deism
- denim
- dimes
- dined
- dines
- hided
- hides
- hinds
- mends
- miens
- minds
- mined
- mines
- minis
- shied
- shine
- sided
- snide
- dens
- died
- dies
- dime
- dims
- dine
- dins
- dish
- ends
- hems
- hens
- hide
- hied
- hies
- hims
- hind
- ides
- mend
- mesh
- mien
- mind
- mine
- mini
- semi
- send
- shed
- shim
- shin
- side
- sine
- dds
- den
Connected words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with DIM
- dim
- dime
- dimension
- dimensional
- dimensionless
- dimensions
- dimer
- dimes
- diminish
- diminishes
- diminishing
- diminuendo
- diminuendoes
- diminuendos
- diminution
- diminutions
- diminutive
- diminutives
See all words starting with DIM →
Words ending with HED
Reader questions
What does Diminished mean?
To make smaller.
How many letters are in Diminished?
Diminished has 10 letters.
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