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diminishing

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as inextenuating

as infalling
as inlessening
as incontraction
as inreducing

synonyms for diminishing

On this page you'll find 136 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to diminishing, such as: condoning, justifying, lessening, mitigating, moderating, and null.

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How to use diminishing in a sentence

Altogether, it seems that not more than one-third of our fast diminishing total are available for actual fighting purposes.

GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON

Consequently an amendment may be made diminishing the weekly allowance to a member who is sick, and also the time of allowing it.

PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES

For how otherwise but by diminishing wages can they repay themselves for lost time, for trouble, and for expense?

BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS

This abuse, as the years went on, instead of diminishing grew in strength if not in grace.

FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOW

Besides, the whole of a rich chocolate cake does have a diminishing effect upon even such appetites as Peter's.

DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND

Under favourable conditions as many as four or five of these successive diminishing surf lines may be seen.

OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER

Harney untied the horse, and they drove off through the diminishing rain, which was already beaded with sunlight.

SUMMEREDITH WHARTON

The object of his present motion was to give relief by diminishing the pressure of the local burdens to which land was subject.

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLAN

Sir C. Knightley moved, that instead of diminishing the duty on newspapers, the duty on soap should be reduced.

THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLAN

However, the six oarsmen of the patrician craft were rapidly diminishing the distance.

THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS: ENVY AND INDOLENCEEUGNE SUE

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WORDS RELATED TO DIMINISHING

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extenuating

falling

lessening

reducing

reductive

contraction