Similar words: diminish, finished, diminution, diminutive, punished, finish, burnished, astonished. Meaning: [dɪ'mɪnɪʃ] adj. 1. impaired by diminution 2. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use 3. (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval 4. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth).
Random good picture Not show
151) Their dedication to the cause was in no way diminished by their exile, and in many ways was enhanced by it.
152) Ken's enthusiasm never diminished and up until his recent heart trouble his work rate for the club was never less than 114 percent.
153) Its mystery somehow diminished life, or did it enlarge it by making life and its purpose more mysterious still.
154) If Cinderella is to become master of her own fate, her parents' authority must be diminished.
155) Opponents alleged that police powers had dangerously expanded in recent years while police accountability had diminished.
156) The suspicion with which the renewal movement was viewed seems to have diminished, as does the stridency of charismatic claims.
157) Soon after the incident of the priest, local antagonism diminished.
157) Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress every day!
158) He was chained to a rock and his liver, though continually devoured by an eagle, never diminished.
159) And over the past 20 years, the number of closed countries has greatly diminished.
160) Rudman was sent to a psychiatric hospital last year after admitting the manslaughter of his wife on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
161) The aim of this study was to verify a strong clinical impression that injecting drug misuse in Lothian has recently diminished.
162) Not least was that his presence diminished her chances of enjoying a happier relationship with some one else.
163) But we are being diminished by our destructive insensitivity in ways that cripple our ability to enjoy, grow, create.
164) It has been postulated that the symptoms of gonorrhoea have diminished since the introduction of effective antibiotic therapy.
165) Shared language is now substantial, religious differences are not crucial, and ethnic and cultural distinctions have diminished.
166) This is further exacerbated by the noise in many factories which makes conversation difficult and so relationships with others are diminished.
167) Individuals who possess certain skills may also find their power diminished if those skills are made redundant by developments in new technology.
168) The cuts reflect diminished debt protection measures and increased business risk associated with the planned spin-off, it commented.
169) Modern farming techniques have diminished the number and quality of the wetlands which remain.
170) The LEAs' power was further diminished by the 1988 Education Reform Act, in two major ways.
171) Deep tendon reflexes are usually diminished, but in cases with prominent lateral column disease may be hyperactive with extensor plantar reflexes.
172) Diminished responsibility did not mean exhausted responsibility, said Lord Taylor.
173) If it had diminished then, disbelieving the evidence and wishing to make sure, the radiologists might have another go.
174) His sense of the present moment heightened, and his sense of history and context diminished.
175) The water in the river diminished during the summer.
176) Here time has changed but not diminished the role of folklore.
177) Four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind.
178) On the issue of diminished responsibility, none of the facts were disputed by the appellant.
179) Its corrupting effects can be diminished to an arbitrarily small degree by the use of redundancy.
180) He could no longer cope; he relied on me, and felt diminished by it.
More similar words: diminish, finished, diminution, diminutive, punished, finish, burnished, astonished, finish up, minimize, ministry, minister, feminist, finish with, miniskirt, administer, reminiscent, administrator, administering, administrative, administration, vanish, punish, timing, polished, sinister, inimitable, finnish, Spanish, tarnish.