Definition: made less in size or amount or degree
Similar words: ablated
Definition: made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization
Usage: the rocket's ablated head shield
Similar words: attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened
Definition: reduced in strength
Usage: the faded tones of an old recording
Similar words: attenuated
Definition: of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion
Similar words: bated
Definition: diminished or moderated
Usage: our bated enthusiasm; his bated hopes
Similar words: belittled, small, diminished
Definition: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
Usage: her comments made me feel small
Definition: (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
Usage: the slashed prices attracted buyers
Similar words: diminished
Definition: (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval
Usage: a diminished fifth
Similar words: minimized
Definition: reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree
Similar words: remittent
Definition: (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity
Usage: a remittent fever
Similar words: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken
Definition: reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
Usage: our shriveled receipts during the storm; as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled; the dollar's shrunken buying power