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Adjective
That falls or fall
That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse
Causing the reduction or diminution of something
Noun
Reduction or decrease
A reduction of some sort in an existing program
The act or state of exhaustion or consumption
A sudden or dramatic deterioration or decrease
The act of disparaging or belittling
The act of abridging
Lowering
The process of becoming narrow
The action or process of appeasing, conciliating, or preserving the peace
A statement or assertion that makes another less absolute
An interruption of continuity or uniformity
Verb
In a period of decrease or decline
Present participle for to make or become less
Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of
Present participle for to make less
Present participle for to reduce in extent or quantity
Present participle for to cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
Present participle for to stop, hinder or impede the flow or progress of
Present participle for to apply business methodology to something in order to profit
Present participle for to belittle or express disapproval of
Present participle for to neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite and equal force
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Adjective
▲
That falls or fall
decreasing
fading
falling
reducing
abating
declining
depreciating
diminishing
dropping
dwindling
ebbing
lightening
lowering
moderating
narrowing
plummeting
plunging
quieting
sagging
shrinking
sinking
slackening
slowing
slumping
softening
subsiding
waning
wasting
weakening
dying down
fading away
losing momentum
shriveling up
wearing down
wearing off
contracting
tapering
petering out
gradually reducing
disappearing
vanishing
declinatory
decrescent
descending
dipping
deteriorating
sliding
tumbling
collapsing
slipping
settling
tottering
toppling
crumbling
downward
downhill
worsening
failing
getting worse
rolling
bearish
immersing
drowning
submerging
sloping downward
earthward
down
lowered
bowed
downcast
earthbound
going down
downwards
moving down
descendent
heading down
more ❯
Adjective
▲
That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse
extenuating
mitigating
justifying
moderating
qualifying
diminishing
exculpatory
excusing
exonerative
justificatory
palliating
palliative
softening
vindicating
condoning
explanatory
reducing
sanitising
UK
sanitizing
US
tempering
varnishing
whitewashing
serving as an excuse
vindicatory
modifying
alleviating
Adjective
▲
Causing the reduction or diminution of something
reductive
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
diminishing
diminutive
Noun
▲
Reduction or decrease
decline
decrease
reduction
contraction
diminution
dwindling
ebbing
erosion
shrinkage
waning
weakening
let-up
moderation
slackening
abatement
curtailment
de-escalation
minimization
slowing down
deduction
detraction
discount
petering out
subtraction
taking away
easing
mitigation
alleviation
relief
assuagement
softening
lightening
remission
palliation
tempering
dulling
relaxation
ebb
allaying
mollification
soothing
modification
deadening
diminishing
qualification
quelling
attenuation
appeasement
cushioning
extenuation
subsidence
easement
dilution
rest
comfort
ease
cutback
amelioration
subsiding
cure
palliative
letup
slaking
remedy
dying down
easing off
improvement
restriction
slowing
allowance
lowering
blunting
retardation
reprieve
lapse
interval
break
cessation
respite
pause
recess
lull
loosening
vindication
justification
allayment
balm
alleviating
offsetting
thinning
rarefication
drop
release
letting up
comforting
mitigating
relieving
assuaging
impoverishment
exhaustion
depletion
fading
devitalization
weakness
enfeeblement
debilitation
wane
quenching
deterioration
absorption
salving
recession
degeneration
decay
taking the edge off
watering down
sinking
depreciation
flagging
soaking up
dying away
dying out
fading away
pacification
placation
modulation
calming
damping
stilling
tailing off
more ❯
Noun
▲
A reduction of some sort in an existing program
cutback
reduction
decrease
decline
cut
abatement
drop
curtailment
lowering
falloff
decrement
downturn
retrenchment
economy
slash
trimming
rollback
phasedown
reversal
saving
belt-tightening
salami slicing
diminution
shrinkage
diminishment
fall
cutting
loss
contraction
degradation
devaluation
depletion
depression
minimization
minimizing
US
attrition
deduction
discount
dilution
minimising
UK
drop-off
step down
downgrade
ebb
downsize
lightening
mitigation
easing
downfall
markdown
docking
shortening
restriction
limitation
truncation
curb
guillotine
condensation
abbreviation
cutting short
pruning
slimming
chopping
dent
limiting
debasement
axing
pullback
subdual
subtraction
slimming down
subjugation
scaling down
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act or state of exhaustion or consumption
depletion
decrease
decline
reduction
drop
diminution
abatement
fall
decrement
loss
diminishment
shrinkage
falloff
depression
dent
lowering
consumption
dwindling
expenditure
exhaustion
weakening
draining
expending
emptying
sapping
attenuation
drop-off
step down
using up
running down
contraction
cut
cutback
curtailment
ebb
wane
retrenchment
slackening
deduction
depreciation
diminishing
shrinking
fading
declining
waning
slowdown
falling off
dying down
failing
receding
decay
impoverishment
erosion
minimizing
US
subtraction
alleviation
disappearance
minimising
UK
extenuation
diminuendo
declination
regression
downturn
slide
slump
subsiding
easing
sag
discount
stagnation
standstill
collapse
curtailing
slowing
inactivity
relaxation
sinking
moderation
downtick
subsidence
paralysis
limiting
restriction
curbing
trough
shakeout
limitation
constriction
dying away
fade
cessation
let-up
ebbing
de-escalation
decrescence
easing off
desisting
dropping away
dying out
dropping off
relenting
undermining
bottom-out
bottom out
cutting back
cooling off
saving
tailing off
petering out
letting up
tapering off
more ❯
Noun
▲
A sudden or dramatic deterioration or decrease
nosedive
drop
decline
decrease
downturn
slump
plunge
reduction
downswing
diminution
tumble
cut
crash
ebb
abatement
plummet
dwindling
recession
downtrend
downslide
downgrade
lapse
declivity
drop-off
sharp fall
fall
lowering
descent
deterioration
dive
falling off
decrement
degradation
dip
degeneration
diminishment
collapse
degeneracy
loss
downfall
falloff
decadence
devaluation
devolution
slide
slip
worsening
decay
downtick
retrogression
shrinkage
depreciation
waning
declension
depletion
dent
fall-off
step down
weakening
cutback
failure
diminishing
debasement
ebbing
wane
depression
withering
sag
vitiation
down
declination
spoiling
abasement
adulteration
dropping off
ruin
rotting
curtailment
precipitation
slackening
declining
contraction
landslide
eclipse
let-up
dégringolade
stagnation
downhill trend
corrosion
perversion
disrepair
dislocation
degringolade
dying down
aggravation
dilapidation
disintegration
decaying
breakdown
ruining
fading
destroying
harm
spoliation
rot
enfeeblement
debilitation
corruption
regression
failing
comedown
atrophy
relapse
falling-off
backsliding
dropoff
pitch
belly flop
jump
header
duck
plummeting
spill
bellyflop
plump
tailspin
free-fall
high dive
headlong jump
trough
meltdown
reverse
blight
dump
lurch
steep fall
skydive
swoop
leap
bottoming out
free fall
stumble
flop
trip
topple
submersion
submergence
roll
going down
sinkage
cropper
plunging
coming down
falling
ducking
dunk
skid
spiral
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of disparaging or belittling
disparagement
depreciation
criticism
denigration
derogation
discredit
ridicule
belittlement
belittling
castigation
condemnation
degradation
denunciation
disdain
scorn
abuse
chastisement
contempt
debasement
deprecation
derision
detraction
recrimination
reprobation
reproval
slander
admonishment
aspersion
censure
chiding
contumely
critique
diminishment
excoriation
flak
mocking
remonstrance
reproach
reproof
slamming
slating
upbraiding
vitriol
backbiting
backstabbing
berating
blame
calumny
faultfinding
opprobrium
panning
slagging
slur
smear
underestimation
vilification
vituperation
carping
cavil
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
knocking
nitpicking
prejudice
roast
scolding
fault-finding
put down
character assassination
nit-picking
slagging off
verbal disapproval
obloquy
invective
disapproval
rebuke
animadversion
tirade
stick
attack
objurgation
reprimand
disapprobation
defamation
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
aspersions
billingsgate
bad-mouthing
revilement
complaint
stricture
scurrility
insults
libel
diatribe
calumniation
fulmination
verbal
arraignment
bad press
mud-slinging
objection
tongue-lashing
blast
opposition
expostulation
broadside
lambasting
execration
knock
repudiation
accusation
inculpation
indictment
charge
sideswipe
admonition
incrimination
brickbat
imputation
impeachment
implication
slurs
attribution
insolence
exprobation
reprehension
swipe
bashing
exception
harangue
pan
demurral
remonstration
rap
odium
reviling
disagreement
insult
verbal abuse
rudeness
dislike
telling off
displeasure
protest
brickbats
dissatisfaction
philippic
slam
curses
rant
rubbishing
discountenance
railing
slap
hit
sledge
dissent
distaste
venom
disesteem
traducement
mauling
offense
US
offence
UK
captiousness
signifying
discontentment
boycott
dressing-down
call down
thumbs down
censoriousness
discourtesy
impertinence
pejoration
malapertness
humiliation
arrogance
remark
hostility
complaints
marginalization
US
marginalisation
UK
commination
jab
mocking comment
scurrilousness
barrage
playing down
persecution
decrying
riot act
sour grapes
sideswipes
aggravation
hassle
obscenity
slanderousness
indecency
rocket
malevolence
assault
argument
jibe
scandal
coarseness
offensiveness
confrontation
wigging
earful
caning
pugnacity
bollocking
defilement
vociferation
abusiveness
infamousness
grossness
carpeting
rollicking
indignity
rebuff
examen
quibble
combativeness
roasting
demur
takedown
notice
discharge
warning
intimidation
curse
outburst
belligerence
rejection
a bad press
cut
fuss
impugnment
protestation
polemic
challenge
stink
demurrer
critical remark
telling-off
ticking off
verbal onslaught
verbal assault
question
denouncement
cursing
difficulty
rap over the knuckles
slandering
malice
evil-speaking
dispute
slights
kick
spitefulness
spite
fulminations
bad notice
cattiness
swearing
anvil chorus
petition
indignities
jibes
expletives
rebukes
civil disobedience
slanging
disrespect
savaging
verbals
quinine
knifing
hosing
put-downs
foul language
verbal attack
swear words
name-calling
a slanging match
kicking around
trash talk
pushing around
catcall
nix
ostracism
blackball
hiss
zing
discontent
boo
black list
slap on wrist
allegation
ticking-off
citation
rating
dressing down
slap on the wrist
lecture
beef
plaint
serve
insinuation
assertion
finger-pointing
count
row
gripe
comeuppance
talking-to
bawling-out
hard time
innuendo
ascription
suggestion
shame
disrepute
admonishments
antagonism
animosity
slight
stain
blemish
stigmatization
US
raps
knocks
enmity
correction
fire
ill will
slap in the face
kick in the teeth
going-over
chewing-out
summons
stigmatisation
UK
upbraidment
smearing
damning
prosecution
punishment
warrant
bill
detention
statement
comment
writ
findings
presentment
proscription
damnation
conviction
sentence
claim
judgement
UK
doom
judgment
US
blaming
suit
asseveration
harsh criticism
a bawling-out
a wigging
a rocket
an earful
a caning
a bashing
a rollicking
a roasting
crimination
a bollocking
a row
critical remarks
lawsuit
squawk
roar
exposé
rumble
fault
dido
bum rap
bill of indictment
ragging
grooming
going over
bawling out
what for
calling down
flea in ear
piece of your mind
oral punishment
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of abridging
abridgement
UK
abridgment
US
outline
reduction
abstract
condensation
decrease
digest
diminishing
restriction
shortening
summary
abbreviation
compendium
contraction
cutting
epitome
limitation
synopsis
bowdlerization
curtailment
diminution
breviary
brief
compend
conspectus
precis
sketch
round-up
rundown
recapitulation
recap
précis
review
truncation
summing-up
diminishment
reducing
abridged version
concise version
shortened version
Noun
▲
Lowering
reducing
lowering
abbreviating
compressing
condensing
contracting
contraction
decreasing
dieting
diminishing
discounting
downsizing
reduction
shortening
shrinking
cutting down
marking down
paring down
shrinkage
diminution
decrease
constricting
compression
constriction
compacting
tightening
decline
squeezing
narrowing
squeeze
condensation
compaction
telescoping
dwindling
tensing
abbreviation
downtick
shrivelling
UK
elision
abridgement
UK
drawing in
deflating
curtailing
omitting
receding
merging
retrenchment
withering
evaporation
drawing together
evaporating
abridgment
US
recession
reduction in size
confinement
lopping
omission
abridging
deflation
confining
withdrawing
combining
withdrawal
shriveling
US
ellipsis
curtailment
diminishment
clipping
digest
truncation
cropping
restriction
constraint
limitation
pruning
trimming
impediment
abstraction
stricture
abbreviature
check
abatement
drop
condition
loss
fall
decrement
choking
depletion
cutting short
binding
limit
falloff
depression
dent
drop-off
step down
depreciation
abstract
cutting
précis
résumé
summary
disappearance
synopsis
epitome
bowdlerization
compendium
miniaturisation
UK
miniaturization
US
conspectus
outline
syllabus
shortcut
precis
sketch
blockage
cramp
tightness
pressure
stenosis
restraint
obstruction
congestion
curb
straitening
strangulation
straitjacket
fetter
circumscription
control
bottleneck
bar
obstacle
demarcation
barrier
handicap
astringency
boundary
weakening
wane
failing
ebb
slackening
fading
decay
impoverishment
erosion
alleviation
deduction
falling off
more ❯
Noun
▲
The process of becoming narrow
narrowing
contraction
shortening
tapering
thinning
consolidation
reduction
restricting
tightening
shrinkage
diminution
shrinking
decrease
constricting
compression
constriction
compacting
decline
squeezing
condensing
squeeze
condensation
compaction
telescoping
dwindling
tensing
abbreviation
contracting
downtick
shrivelling
UK
elision
diminishing
abridgement
UK
abbreviating
deflating
curtailing
omitting
receding
merging
retrenchment
withering
evaporation
evaporating
abridgment
US
recession
confinement
lopping
omission
abridging
deflation
confining
withdrawing
combining
decreasing
withdrawal
shriveling
US
ellipsis
reducing
curtailment
drawing in
reduction in size
cutting down
drawing together
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action or process of appeasing, conciliating, or preserving the peace
appeasement
conciliation
pacification
accommodation
concession
placation
propitiation
soothing
acceding
allaying
blunting
easing
mollification
palliation
quieting
reconciliation
relieving
softening
acquiescence
calming
compromise
dovishness
lulling
mitigation
peacemaking
peace-mongering
quelling
solace
abatement
alleviation
peace offering
sweetening
tranquillization
accession
adjustment
amends
grant
moderation
reparation
restoration
settlement
tranquilization
reunion
reconcilement
rapprochement
resolution
disarming
mediation
satisfaction
détente
reuniting
arbitration
comfort
placating
understanding
bringing back together again
bringing back together
agreement
harmony
accord
communion
harmonization
US
rapport
fellowship
friendship
cordiality
restoration of harmony
cooperation
detente
friendliness
entente
harmonisation
UK
increased understanding
coming together
more ❯
Noun
▲
A statement or assertion that makes another less absolute
qualification
condition
proviso
provision
caveat
rider
limitation
contingency
reservation
allowance
exception
exemption
if
moderation
restriction
tempering
mitigation
reduction
softening
hedge
stipulation
requirement
prerequisite
clause
specification
strings
constraint
modification
catch
disclaimer
circumscription
string
criterion
term
limit
curb
check
restraint
control
stricture
fetter
but
fine print
diminishing
decrease
abatement
lowering
agreement
obligation
caution
admonition
warning
demand
kicker
complication
corollary
outline
prearrangement
uncertainty
doubt
monition
amendment
terms
hesitation
vagueness
article
terms and conditions
commonition
forewarning
sign
alarm
codicil
addendum
adjunct
addition
supplement
alteration
revision
measure
attachment
clarification
precondition
supposition
red flag
alarm bells
cramp
confinement
lack of certainty
clampdown
stint
injunction
circumspection
denial
repudiation
disavowal
rejection
negation
disallowance
contradiction
disconfirmation
denegation
renunciation
retraction
abjuration
abnegation
disassociation
dissociation
rule
regulation
demarcation
limits
bounds
no-no
more ❯
Noun
▲
An interruption of continuity or uniformity
break
interruption
halt
pause
disruption
stop
stoppage
suspension
breakdown
cessation
discontinuity
hiatus
interval
recess
remission
discontinuance
discontinuation
gap
lull
respite
surcease
caesura
cutoff
cut-off
lacuna
layoff
letup
slackening
blow
lapse of time
breathing space
stay
rest
breather
lapse
intermission
conclusion
ending
check
end
interlude
stopover
finish
close
termination
delay
arrest
let-up
closure
abeyance
shutdown
expiration
arrestment
closedown
shutoff
freeze
cease
standstill
downtime
offset
layover
breath
time-out
interregnum
pausation
deadlock
break-off
disconnection
time out
severance
stop-off
grinding halt
screaming halt
moratorium
sojourn
visit
comma
wait
gridlock
withdrawal
stopping
stand
interim
breathing spell
coffee break
entr'acte
hitch
closing
hold-up
interstice
desistance
screeching halt
relaxation
abatement
relief
virgule
dormancy
hesitation
abeyancy
cutting off
intrusion
interference
adjournment
beat
spell
hush
silence
stillness
finishing
halting
ceasing
abandonment
failure
winding up
break off
happy hour
rest period
awkward moment
break in your journey
breaking off
time off
disconnectedness
disjointedness
cutting short
intervening period
intervening time
incoherence
disunion
parenthesis
cutout
hiccup
hiccough
blockage
occlusion
winding-up
dead stop
completion
culmination
finale
end of the line
wrap-up
wind-up
dead end
disturbance
full stop
brick wall
roadblock
rift
split
lack of unity
lack of coherence
half-way house
staging post
port of call
stalemate
impasse
logjam
standoff
Mexican standoff
more ❯
Verb
▲
In a period of decrease or decline
on the wane
contracting
declining
decreasing
diminishing
dwindling
shrinking
dimming
drooping
ebbing
fading away
growing faint
on the decline
sinking
slackening
subsiding
tailing off
tapering off
abating
attenuating
dissolving
failing
falling off
petering out
receding
winding down
atrophying
deteriorating
flagging
giving way
in remission
melting away
slumping
weakening
collapsing
crumbling
degenerating
disintegrating
dying out
evaporating
in a slump
obsolescent
on the way out
vanishing
withering
evanescing
moribund
drawing to a close
in a state of deterioration
waning
reducing
moderating
falling
lowering
dropping off
easing
fading
dying down
falling away
dropping
letting up
tapering
relenting
dying away
de-escalating
remitting
palling
ratcheting down
phasing down
draining away
plummetting
plummeting
easing off
plunging
growing less
depreciating
going down
nosediving
disappearing
relaxing
dipping
going downhill
descending
coming to an end
softening
crashing
draining
diving
decaying
slacking off
tumbling
growing smaller
slackening off
easing up
alleviating
becoming smaller
downsizing
mitigating
decrementing
slowing down
trailing off
wasting away
taking a nosedive
quelling
tempering
depleting
downscaling
wasting
dying
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
fizzling out
drying up
dropping away
dying off
becoming less
languishing
regressing
sliding
sagging
calming down
ceasing
getting less
running low
wearing away
running out
trailing
cooling off
wearing off
settling
checking
dissipating
calming
stopping
curtailing
skidding
cratering
wilting
falling steeply
quietening
slacking
denting
slowing
falling sharply
giving out
closing
going away
toning down
getting smaller
going into a tailspin
dropping rapidly
knocking down
hitting the floor
curbing
lightening
dulling
retrograding
devaluating
restraining
lapsing
dispersing
wearing down
narrowing down
going
subduing
slipping
trailing away
slaking
growing dim
coming to nothing
minimizing
US
bating
becoming weak
going through the floor
becoming weaker
blurring
taking a dive
coming to a halt
minimising
UK
getting lower
settling down
fading out
rebating
quieting
loosening
worsening
constricting
rotting
assuaging
allaying
impairing
tailing away
losing edge
relieving
eroding
lulling
quietening down
devolving
lagging
releasing
making less
ending
emaciating
terminating
relapsing
dampening
backsliding
stilling
finishing
disimproving
downturning
cooling
sloping
coming down
melting
clearing
dumping
decelerating
thinning
becoming lower
minifying
taking the sting out
coming to a stop
falling short
taking a header
caving in
making smaller
levelling off
breaking down
slashing
cutting down
modifying
mollifying
losing intensity
losing strength
falling through
depressing
faltering
giving in
closing out
going downwards
modulating
becoming less intense
fizzling
dropping down
untightening
running dry
abbreviating
retrenching
extenuating
undermining
growing weaker
turning down
paring down
ebbing away
growing weak
petering
guttering
dying away or out
dying away or down
becoming moribund
spoiling
having one foot in the grave
losing its effectiveness
losing its effect
disengaging
deadening
quashing
withdrawing
clearing up
dispelling
retiring
decimating
minimalizing
fainting
putting a lid on
loosing
taking the edge off
falling down
passing
thinning down
thinning out
phasing out
narrowing
compressing
condensing
wizening
blowing over
sinking into oblivion
disappearing slowly
passing away
feeling weak
feeling faint
losing energy
becoming listless
compacting
minishing
tightening
squeezing
shortening
freshening
infrigidating
allying
frosting
freezing
losing
devaluing
tottering
deflating
capsulizing
capsuling
constringing
buckling
dragging
cheapening
losing ground
scrimping
taking in
hitting the dirt
bowing out
declining in price
tipping over
decreasing in value
folding up
losing value
flopping
straitening
unlaxing
chilling out
cooling it
scattering
retrogressing
making narrower
becoming narrower
getting narrower
losing lustre
decreasing in importance
losing significance
paling into insignificance
growing dull
paling
corroding
clearing out
becoming less in number
becoming less dense
becoming less numerous
vitiating
growing worse
going to rack and ruin
going to the dogs
going to pieces
going to the pack
going down the tubes
becoming debilitated
getting worse
going down the toilet
taking a turn for the worse
going to pot
hitting the skids
dying on vine
coming apart at seams
desisting
clipping
taking the bite out
slacking up
cutting back
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
cutting
rolling back
more ❯
“The attention she gives him will certainly
lessen
once the baby is born.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make or become less
reducing
decreasing
easing
lowering
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
moderating
relaxing
diminishing
narrowing
allaying
alleviating
assuaging
attenuating
blunting
curtailing
deadening
dulling
eroding
palliating
weakening
checking
dampening
de-escalating
depressing
diluting
making less
making smaller
mitigating
softening
abating
degrading
denting
depleting
discounting
downscaling
downsizing
dropping
dwindling
impairing
mollifying
pruning
taming
tempering
abridging
dialing down
lightening
slashing
toning down
truncating
knocking down
paring down
taking the edge off
winding down
cutting
relieving
soothing
curbing
quelling
cutting down
cutting back
subduing
calming
restraining
stifling
cushioning
suppressing
trimming
axing
cooling
limiting
damping
scaling down
shrinking
marking down
smothering
slimming down
contracting
stilling
depreciating
muffling
helping
modifying
muting
appeasing
restricting
quieting
lulling
lenifying
downgrading
whittling down
paring
bringing down
tapering
controlling
extenuating
shortening
damping down
tranquilizing
US
devaluating
clipping
quietening
retrenching
pacifying
deflating
shaving
repressing
making cutbacks in
qualifying
devaluing
decrementing
undermining
placating
rolling back
sinking
composing
numbing
taking the sting out
breaking
easing off
quenching
cheapening
ebbing
slowing
stepping down
containing
cutting back on
sapping
absorbing
benumbing
taking the bite out
buffering
putting a damper on
settling
extinguishing
stopping
overcoming
slaking
modulating
minifying
slackening
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
squelching
sweetening
gentling
docking
tailing off
sating
holding back
running down
mellowing
rationalizing
US
cauterizing
US
cutting off
writing down
ameliorating
cauterising
UK
thinning
inhibiting
retarding
smoothing
adjusting
remitting
turning down
hushing
dispelling
constricting
destroying
declining
rationalising
UK
silencing
tapering off
dropping off
taking down
putting damper on
deducting
putting the lid on
cutting down on
wearing away
taking off
getting rid of
wasting
wearing down
putting down
rounding down
halting
scaling back
making reductions in
easing up on
letting up on
salving
consuming
waning
damming
stemming
subtracting
rationing
blocking
disempowering
petering out
regulating
staunching
dissipating
enfeebling
banishing
couching
enervating
debilitating
economizing on
squashing
staying
stanching
satisfying
removing
eliminating
vitiating
slowing down
whittling
crumbling
healing
drying up
quashing
watering down
crippling
disabling
making less intense
devouring
undervaluing
obtunding
trimming down
trimming back
hindering
commuting
piping down
revising
tightening
devalorizing
comforting
anaesthetizing
UK
disintegrating
rebating
knocking off
making weaker
defusing
putting an end to
keeping in check
pouring oil on
throwing cold water on
anesthetizing
US
curing
deteriorating
economizing
US
economising
UK
arresting
varying
succoring
US
preventing
decaying
taking away
keeping down
pouring cold water on
dampening down
phasing down
succouring
UK
whittling away
playing down
phasing out
breaking up
wasting away
reining in
eating away
taking the heat off
subsiding
chillin
chilling
abasing
diffusing
abbreviating
blanketing
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
addressing
improving
debasing
dipping
making fewer
excusing
slenderizing
blurring
masking
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
shedding
eliding
syncopating
making reasonable
satiating
chilling out
calming down
settling down
reining
muzzling
harshing
loosening
reducing the force of
demoting
resolving
etiolating
devitalizing
letting up
killing
foreshortening
subjugating
making less active
gratifying
dulcifying
adulterating
rarefying
offsetting
decreasing the volume
keeping it down
deleting
omitting
confining
reducing the effect of
nosediving
ratcheting down
gruntling
reducing punishment
rising above
bolstering
pillowing
resisting
opposing
withstanding
reducing greatly
choking off
muddying up
retrenching on
slimming
tiring
subverting
fixing up
keeping to a minimum
keeping at a minimum
buttressing
stabilizing
US
worsening
falling
ruining
prostrating
wrecking
compressing
chopping
cropping
causing to fall
desensitizing
US
marking off
liberalising
UK
liberalizing
US
taking sting out
patching things up
protecting against
slacking
loosing
refreshing
condensing
lowering in price
taking pressure off
amortising
UK
casting down
reducing the impact of
softening the impact of
lessening the impact of
neutralizing
US
lopping off
lopping
bringing to a standstill
amortizing
US
lowering in value
defending against
shielding against
stabilising
UK
neutralising
UK
bridling
making less strict
making less formal
cutting short
shearing
concentrating
constraining
laying off
treating
safeguarding against
withdrawing
smoothing out
clearing the air
mastering
dismissing
nursing
governing
soaking up
hebetating
corroding
brightening
desensitising
UK
crushing
taking from
counteracting
attending
draining
exhausting
striking off
putting to rest
chasing away
driving off
driving away
punctuating
consoling
solacing
cooling out
licking
abstracting
debiting
expending
lissing
interrupting
doctoring
remedying
nourishing
eating
gnawing
spending
emptying
assisting
aiding
withholding
taking
bating
allowing
rolling down
tuning down
trimming away
budget cutting
keeping the lid on
keeping a lid on
quietening down
snuffing out
cracking down on
getting under control
nipping in the bud
slapping down
holding in check
clamping down on
abrading
bringing respite to
using up
evacuating
making better
rehabilitating
balming
bringing an end to
bringing aid to
bringing aid
taking a load off
taking load off
making something bearable
reducing by
decreasing by
taking out
spoiling
attuning
balancing
milking
dissolving
weathering
drawing back
harmonizing
US
fretting
nibbling
rotting
bleeding
burning
setting
toning
tuning
scraping away
impoverishing
bankrupting
sucking dry
scouring
biting
grinding down
biting at
eating away at
inflecting
finishing
squandering
drawing down
drawing
playing out
chipping away at
gnawing away at
eating into
tweaking
shifting
transmogrifying
amending
changing
altering
fine-tuning
revamping
switching
harmonising
UK
adapting
eating up
digging into
washing up
more ❯
“They diminish our humanity and, for that reason, they
lessen
our capacity for God.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease the value, character, or quality of
corrupting
degrading
debasing
perverting
subverting
vitiating
warping
depraving
demeaning
poisoning
cheapening
debauching
deteriorating
abasing
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
bastardising
UK
bastardizing
US
profaning
prostituting
cankering
polluting
defiling
lowering
devaluing
contaminating
fouling
brutalizing
US
bestializing
brutalising
UK
undermining
disgracing
smirching
tainting
chastening
impairing
ruining
humbling
shaming
desecrating
sullying
damaging
weakening
sinking
depreciating
belittling
bemeaning
abusing
making degenerate
taking down
leading astray
diminishing
casting down
humiliating
discrediting
adulterating
blighting
dishonoring
US
harming
demoting
distorting
reducing
embittering
blemishing
dishonouring
UK
spoiling
disparaging
violating
infecting
mortifying
diluting
injuring
despoiling
destabilizing
US
disrupting
debilitating
dragging down
destabilising
UK
undercutting
lowering the status of
twisting
descending
stooping
tarnishing
skewing
bending
soiling
downgrading
depressing
mongrelizing
alloying
denigrating
betraying
rotting
dumping on
crawling
going bad
reducing in value
worsening
crippling
going to hell
subjugating
colouring
UK
living in the gutter
blackening
inflicting
consuming
rusting
influencing
marring
biasing
US
biassing
UK
prejudicing
reducing in quality
bringing down
seducing
degenerating
devaluating
turning
bringing low
envenoming
corroding
jaundicing
befouling
unhallowing
blaspheming
souring
hurting
reducing the status of
dragging through the mud
coloring
US
misusing
soring
animalizing
ulcering
staining
scourging
trashing
tarring
wasting
ravaging
defacing
deforming
disfiguring
committing sacrilege
treating with disrespect
doing wrong
pulling down
wasting away
threatening
sapping
sabotaging
undoing
demolishing
destroying
wrecking
minimizing
US
thwarting
chipping away
foiling
minimising
UK
detracting
derogating
dehumanizing
US
dehumanising
UK
putting down
cutting down to size
bringing shame to
shooting down
tearing down
taking down a peg
running down
cutting down
embarrassing
abashing
crushing
smearing
deflating
defaming
stigmatizing
US
subduing
discomfiting
taking down a peg or two
putting someone in their place
showing up
making someone eat crow
squashing
blotting
owning
stigmatising
UK
putting to shame
making someone eat humble pie
chagrining
snubbing
reflecting badly on
bringing into disrepute
making a fool of
showing in a bad light
giving a black eye
undervaluing
breaking
flattening
besmearing
quashing
ridiculing
causing to lose face
making ashamed
bringing shame on
settling someone's hash
giving a bad name to
slandering
vandalizing
US
besmirching
outraging
declassing
slurring
vandalising
UK
discountenancing
exposing
confusing
bumping
reproaching
disfavouring
disfavoring
disconcerting
marking down
appalling
dragging through the mire
detracting from
bringing shame upon
giving a bad name
putting in a bad light
bringing discredit to
making lose face
bringing dishonour to
taking the wind out of your sails
getting the better of
blackening the name of
having the last laugh on
deigning
condescending
denaturing
lowering in rank
lowering in status
branding
luring
relegating
selling out
beating down
scandalizing
US
succumbing
making someone feel ashamed
making uncomfortable
spotting
casting a slur
dismissing
treating sacrilegiously
cowing
taming
libeling
US
scandalising
UK
deriding
disregarding
attainting
mocking
disrespecting
libelling
UK
trampling on
taking apart
letting down
tampering with
overcoming
squelching
silencing
upsetting
reverting
setting back
putting away
striking dumb
losing face
reducing to the ranks
busting
kicking downstairs
lowering oneself
debasing oneself
lowering yourself
demeaning oneself
debasing yourself
popping one's balloon
putting one away
making eat dirt
tarring and feathering
taking to pieces
taking to bits
cutting to the quick
making one feel small
bringing down a peg
decreasing
putting in one's place
forcing to eat humble pie
disrating
attenuating
disappointing
devalorizing
annoying
demeriting
benching
flustering
vexing
displeasing
affronting
rattling
confounding
nonplussing
fazing
horrifying
writing down
ripping
panning
slamming
blistering
withering
harassing
worrying
vanquishing
downplaying
vilifying
taking the wind out
getting one's comeuppance
maligning
calumniating
playing down
censuring
causing to feel small
putting out of countenance
insulting
compromising
disesteeming
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
bringing into disfavour
pooh-poohing
blackening someone's name
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make less
degrading
diminishing
discrediting
lowering
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
reducing
belittling
devaluing
humbling
playing down
making light of
underrating
downplaying
undervaluing
de-emphasizing
trivializing
US
understating
minifying
misprizing
trivialising
UK
underestimating
glossing over
brushing aside
depreciating
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
selling short
downgrading
underemphasizing
shrugging off
rating too low
weakening
detracting
doing an injustice to
toning down
holding cheap
cheapening
whitewashing
discounting
softening
deprecating
mitigating
deemphasizing
moderating
taking away from
disparaging
talking down
setting little store by
undermining
underplaying
derogating
defaming
qualifying
vilipending
detracting from
disesteeming
pooh-poohing
making little of
thinking too little of
setting no store by
demeaning
underpricing
underprizing
deflating
miscalculating
sugarcoating
slighting
miscarrying
decrying
setting too little store by
failing to appreciate
not doing justice
putting down
denigrating
palliating
prettifying
knocking
underselling
dumbing down
thinking nothing of
giving a lower profile
giving little weight to
attaching little importance to
disregarding
misjudging
underweening
devaluating
decreasing
blistering
underrepresenting
looking down on
taking for granted
withdrawing
backbiting
laughing at
subtracting from
cutting rate
extenuating
tempering
minimalizing
making light
brushing off
dissing
dismissing
deriding
scorning
running down
bad-mouthing
crying down
slating
panning
trashing
vilifying
maligning
scoffing at
sneering at
slamming
rubbishing
criticizing
US
slurring
doing a hatchet job on
aspersing
treating lightly
criticising
UK
trash-talking
slagging off
pulling apart
kissing off
having a go at
reviling
marginalizing
US
abusing
ridiculing
doing down
marginalising
UK
mocking
taking to pieces
picking holes in
hitting out at
dragging through the mud
casting aspersions on
condemning
dumping on
traducing
smearing
dispraising
pouring scorn on
look down one's nose at
disdaining
censuring
bashing
roasting
rapping
flaming
calumniating
laughing off
pulling to pieces
taking down
taking down a peg
tearing down
cutting down to size
denouncing
slandering
blasting
attacking
scorching
ripping
lambasting
vituperating
disgracing
speaking badly of
speaking ill of
holding back
tearing into
making nothing of
holding in contempt
demoting
disvaluing
libeling
US
impugning
libelling
UK
debasing
faulting
spurning
discountenancing
contemning
sneering
insulting
clamoring against
poormouthing
frowning
discommending
objecting
disapproving
expostulating
finding fault with
thinking little of
giving comeuppance
putting away
slinging mud at
knocking off high horse
writing down
knocking off
bringing down
blaming
putting hooks in
taking dim view of
not going for
underappreciating
execrating
pillorying
deploring
railing against
reprehending
reprobating
fulminating against
cavilling at
excoriating
anathematizing
inveighing against
carping at
animadverting
disapproving of
taking away
doing a number on
hitting
holding forth against
throwing stones at
complaining
coming down on
railing
tearing to shreds
marking down
sniping at
taking swipe at
squashing
squelching
shooting down
cutting to the quick
taking a swipe at
shooting full of holes
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce in extent or quantity
curtailing
reducing
cutting
decreasing
diminishing
shortening
trimming
truncating
abridging
abbreviating
shrinking
contracting
docking
clipping
slashing
curbing
downsizing
cropping
limiting
lopping
chopping
eliding
syncopating
retrenching
restraining
restricting
minifying
controlling
cramping
halting
inhibiting
cutting back
cutting down
paring down
cutting short
slimming down
boiling down
rolling back
reining in
tightening up
breaking off
holding back
reining back
putting a limit on
putting a restriction on
putting the brakes on
condensing
pruning
compressing
snipping
epitomizing
US
narrowing
concentrating
epitomising
UK
bobbing
telescoping
dwindling
minimizing
US
excerpting
minimising
UK
making shorter
taking up
getting shorter
cutting to the bone
turning up
more ❯
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Present participle for to cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on
impairing
damaging
marring
spoiling
ruining
harming
compromising
hurting
undermining
injuring
destroying
weakening
defacing
disfiguring
vitiating
blemishing
crippling
breaking
flawing
blighting
diminishing
endamaging
tarnishing
impeding
crabbing
debasing
disabling
bloodying
debilitating
reducing
totalling
totaling
hindering
enfeebling
threatening
devaluing
deteriorating
prejudicing
blunting
queering
enervating
cheapening
decreasing
invalidating
worsening
dinging
tweaking
devaluating
disqualifying
unfitting
messing up
fouling up
crossing up
putting the kibosh on
roughing up
making useless
losing strength
subverting
sapping
shaking
having a bad effect on
pulling the rug out from under
wrecking
mangling
mutilating
trashing
defiling
sabotaging
sullying
crushing
scarring
smashing
tainting
wounding
maiming
vandalizing
US
blotting
deforming
demolishing
staining
ravaging
distorting
shattering
polluting
scratching
vandalising
UK
disfeaturing
incapacitating
battering
corrupting
lousing up
shaking up
devastating
uglifying
scuppering
scotching
desecrating
undoing
upsetting
torpedoing
contorting
disrupting
bruising
contaminating
blasting
annihilating
dirtying
scathing
smirching
dismantling
burning
corroding
scorching
screwing up
smashing up
mucking up
discoloring
US
discolouring
UK
wreaking havoc on
obliterating
tagging
watering down
misshaping
dilapidating
cramping
disfashioning
hamstringing
destabilizing
US
making unattractive
hampering
jeopardizing
US
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
making ugly
bending
detracting
warping
bankrupting
restricting
impoverishing
limiting
afflicting
devitalizing
depressing
stifling
inconveniencing
shocking
withering
putting a damper on
taking out
destabilising
UK
detracting from
jeopardising
UK
interfering with
befouling
soiling
besmirching
doing harm to
causing detriment to
spotting
raining on someone's parade
putting out of action
putting out of commission
throwing a monkey wrench into
gutting
razing
abusing
cracking
maltreating
tearing
disintegrating
gnawing
wronging
denting
lacerating
splitting
infecting
knocking
rusting
rotting
stabbing
bleaching
fading
tampering with
wearing away
banging up
causing injury
despoiling
muddying
griming
blackening
smudging
begriming
pillaging
playing havoc with
doing damage to
plundering
playing merry hell with
sacking
desolating
depredating
driving a nail into the coffin of
knackering
spoliating
dashing
grieving
torturing
waxing
piquing
fouling
tormenting
distressing
paining
cutting
stinging
aggrieving
nixing
denigrating
tarring
darkening
smearing
marking
banjaxing
blowing
euchring
cruelling
squashing
hacking up
doing mischief to
doing in
drawing blood
cutting up
making a mess of
doing for
blowing a hole in
bringing to naught
taking apart
ballsing up
more ❯
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▲
Present participle for to stop, hinder or impede the flow or progress of
retarding
hindering
impeding
hampering
inhibiting
curbing
obstructing
checking
restraining
restricting
handicapping
delaying
trammelling
trammeling
encumbering
slowing
hamstringing
fettering
arresting
clogging
stalling
detaining
interrupting
decelerating
staying
braking
cumbering
baulking
UK
balking
US
slackening
baffling
crimping
choking
postponing
retardating
miring
deferring
bogging
holding back
holding up
slowing down
interfering with
setting back
keeping back
slowing up
putting a brake on
bogging down
hanging up
shutting down
closing off
putting back
shutting off
taking down
backing off
choking off
letting up
throwing a spanner in the works
bringing to screeching halt
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
tempering
stunting
curtailing
limiting
reducing
diminishing
lagging
abating
moderating
regulating
decreasing
procrastinating
quieting
loitering
reefing
qualifying
embogging
reining in
winding down
losing speed
putting the brakes on
cutting down
cutting back
anchoring it
keeping waiting
losing steam
hitting the brakes
letting down flaps
getting in the way of
thwarting
stymieing
preventing
blocking
foiling
barring
stopping
crippling
cramping
prohibiting
forestalling
counteracting
frustrating
derailing
defeating
halting
hobbling
circumventing
stonewalling
scuppering
countering
nullifying
spoiling
opposing
deterring
shackling
handcuffing
repressing
scotching
staving off
hog-tying
putting an end to
stumping
shutting out
putting a stop to
evading
embarrassing
manacling
snookering
circumnavigating
precluding
forbidding
neutralizing
US
interdicting
beating
contravening
short-circuiting
skirting
sidestepping
disrupting
neutralising
UK
standing in the way of
warding off
averting
avoiding
tying up
cutting off
defending against
steering clear of
heading off
ruining
putting the kibosh on
cramping one's style
dashing
quashing
shelving
dissuading from
putting paid to
stifling
crabbing
negating
outwitting
upsetting
doing for
holding off
giving the run around
canceling
US
annulling
cancelling
UK
withholding
protracting
pausing
remitting
proroguing
intermitting
prolonging
holding
confining
putting off
offsetting
bucking
bilking
entrammelling
putting a crimp in
entrammeling
puzzling
holding off on
confounding
mystifying
holding over
making late
getting out of
nonplussing
disappointing
flummoxing
escaping
bypassing
cornering
pigeonholing
putting on back burner
putting on hold
throwing a monkey wrench into
hanging fire
dead-ending
overturning
crushing
deflecting
confronting
checkmating
discomfiting
taking wind out of
crashing
unsettling
juking
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
keeping lid on
banjaxing
fouling up
overcoming
putting the lid on
obviating
upsetting the applecart
rendering null and void
licking
screwing up
dashing one's hope
conquering
nipping in the bud
constraining
bottlenecking
burdening
muzzling
resisting
borking
debarring
interfering
getting in the way
lousing up
boxing in
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to apply business methodology to something in order to profit
commercialising
UK
commercializing
US
degrading
advertising
advertizing
cheapening
depreciating
lowering
marketing
selling
developing as business
making marketable
making pay
making profitable
making saleable
Verb
▲
Present participle for to belittle or express disapproval of
derogating
diminishing
disparaging
denigrating
belittling
decrying
deprecating
discrediting
downplaying
vilifying
defaming
insulting
slighting
attacking
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
downgrading
abusing
depreciating
knocking
panning
slamming
slating
vilipending
bagging
bashing
discounting
dismissing
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
pummelling
UK
pummeling
roasting
rubbishing
skewering
slandering
trashing
aspersing
cheapening
compromising
contemning
deflating
devaluating
dissing
hammering
humiliating
vituperating
bad-mouthing
kissing off
playing down
putting down
running down
slagging off
talking down
casting aspersions on
detracting from
laying into
dumping on
pouring scorn on
tearing into
crying down
hitting out at
pulling apart
trash-talking
speaking evil of
speaking ill of
taking to pieces
throwing mud at
doing a hatchet job on
dragging through the mud
having a go at
throwing brickbats at
deriding
maligning
condemning
scorning
slurring
ridiculing
scoffing at
dispraising
censuring
mocking
reviling
faulting
denouncing
lambasting
pooh-poohing
sneering at
flaming
slagging
blasting
blaming
reprehending
finding fault with
pulling to pieces
pillorying
detracting
picking holes in
undervaluing
underestimating
underrating
savaging
disdaining
ripping
rapping
misprizing
taking down
tearing down
cutting down to size
marginalizing
US
besmirching
excoriating
marginalising
UK
disrespecting
doing down
railing against
making fun of
fulminating against
inveighing against
shooting down
finding fault
trivializing
US
demeaning
giving a bad press to
taunting
jeering
offending
affronting
castigating
traducing
crucifying
minifying
outraging
scoffing
gibing
impugning
reprobating
wounding
trivialising
UK
calumniating
treating lightly
mauling
despising
denunciating
reproving
laughing at
skinning
slapping
holding cheap
poking fun at
jeering at
cutting down
coming down on
nit-picking
speaking badly of
lacing to
dressing down
degrading
sneering
lowering
chastising
smearing
blistering
scathing
scorching
reproaching
arraigning
making light of
disgracing
jibing at
cavilling at
ragging on
carping at
disapproving of
tearing to shreds
taking down a peg
giving some stick to
doing a number on
nitpicking over
finding lacking
nitpicking about
picking at
devaluing
libeling
US
libelling
UK
ragging
flaying
berating
flouting
scouting
execrating
shaming
deploring
questioning
carping
rejecting
jibing
treating with contempt
anathematizing
stigmatizing
US
chiding
selling short
nitpicking
judging
tormenting
twitting
objurgating
stigmatising
UK
reprimanding
hitting
laughing off
slashing
upbraiding
rating
getting at
heaping scorn on
thinking little of
throwing shade
cutting up
picking to pieces
animadverting on
passing judgment
complaining about
slinging mud at
taking to task
taking a swipe at
giving something a battering
teasing
misrespecting
misbidding
girding
humbling
spurning
discountenancing
proscribing
putting hooks in
poormouthing
mistrusting
repudiating
talking trash
looking down on
clamoring against
taking a dig at
tearing to pieces
giving comeuppance
putting away
knocking off high horse
frowning
making little of
discommending
objecting
disapproving
expostulating
crushing
taking apart
rebuking
animadverting
reviewing unfavorably
bringing under fire
criticizing strongly
snubbing
commenting negatively
mortifying
taking dim view of
not going for
complaining
railing
sniping at
declaiming
prosecuting
scolding
indicting
ostracising
UK
declaiming against
charging with
giving something a bad press
showing up
ostracizing
US
impeaching
holding forth against
admonishing
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
taking away
throwing stones at
marking down
taking swipe at
fustigating
lashing
chaffing
condescending
backstabbing
badmouthing
sledging
clobbering
lampooning
satirizing
US
charging
fluffing
zapping
trimming
slogging
inveighing
deigning
slugging
griping about
giving the business
jumping on
giving flak to
vituperating against
skinning alive
bagging on
cutting to bits
passing strictures upon
giving bad press
nagging at
jumping down one's throat
expressing disapprobation of
sticking it to
climbing all over
expressing disapprobation
thinking badly of
taxing
jumping all over
louting
ribbing
rallying
razzing
quizzing
kidding
bantering
casting down
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
knocking down
blackening
satirising
UK
holding up to ridicule
scandalizing
US
making sport of
flouting at
taking the piss out of
poking mullock at
taking the mickey
scandalising
UK
holding someone to blame
hauling over the coals
grousing about
sounding off about
beefing about
quibbling about
whingeing about
carping about
grouching about
holding accountable
whining about
moaning about
bellyaching about
complaining to
calling to account
holding responsible
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
giving a bad name
spreading lies about
sullying the reputation of
criticizing unfairly
blackening the character of
blackening the name of
ripping up
giving black eye
treating contemptuously
making jokes about
understating
squashing
squelching
cutting to the quick
shooting full of holes
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite and equal force
counteracting
offsetting
counterbalancing
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
annulling
invalidating
negating
cancelling out
canceling out
counterpoising
countervailing
negativing
balancing
compensating for
correcting
nullifying
remedying
balancing out
counterweighing
equilibrizing
evening out
making up for
obviating
bucking
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
contravening
countering
counterchecking
counterworking
crossing
fixing
halting
rectifying
redressing
reducing
responding
righting
stabilising
UK
stabilizing
US
going against
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