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Synonyms for diminishing:


adj. serving as an excuse

condoning
justifying
lessening
mitigating
moderating
palliating
qualifying
reducing
sanitizing
softening
varnishing
whitewashing

adj. dropping

collapsing
decreasing
descending
lowering
plunging
sliding
tumbling
weakening
abating
crumbling
declining
ebbing
settling
sinking
slipping
subsiding
toppling
tottering

adj. decreasing

abating
declining
depreciating
dropping
dwindling
ebbing
lightening
lowering
moderating
narrowing
plummeting
plunging
quieting
sagging
shrinking
sinking
slackening
slowing
slumping
softening
subsiding
waning
wasting
weakening

noun drawing in; shortening

decrease
deflation
recession
reduction
shrinkage
abbreviation
abridgment
compression
condensation
condensing
confinement
constriction
curtailment
diminution
dwindling
elision
evaporation
lessening
narrowing
omission
receding
reducing
shrinking
tightening
withdrawal
abbreviating
abridging
confining
curtailing
decreasing
deflating
evaporating
lopping
omitting
shrivelling
tensing
withdrawing

noun lowering

abbreviating
compressing
condensing
contracting
contraction
decreasing
dieting
discounting
downsizing
lessening
reduction
shortening
shrinking

Examples of uses:

You still have your defenders, although their numbers are diminishing.
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Needless to say, this purchase will revitalize the diminishing strength of their organization.
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But then, I work in a profession of diminishing returns.
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I'Il circle them at full-thrust speed, diminishing radius of curvature.
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I know but I operate in a profession of diminishing returns.
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I'm getting a reading here, but the intensity is diminishing.
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Unfortunately, it has had rather a diminishing effect on my system.
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Our speed is diminishing, We're now in the atmosphere of Earth,
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Why would pompee do that diminishing his own power.
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I'll circle them at full-thrust speed, diminishing radius of curvature.
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