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less·en
 lessen
- pronunciation:
- le
s
 n
- features:
- Homophone Note
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transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
lessened, lessening, lessens |
| definition: |
to become or make smaller in degree, amount, or size.
- synonyms:
- abate, bate, decrease, diminish, lower, reduce, subside
- antonyms:
- increase
- similar words:
- abridge, cool, decline, deduct, dwindle, ebb, fall, let up, lighten, minimize, mitigate, moderate, prune, remit, shrink, wane
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| related words: |
allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, break, buff, buffer, chill, deaden, deplete, depress, detract, diminish, dock, fall off, impair, mitigate, modify, mollify, narrow, pare, quiet, recede, relax, relent, relieve, shade, shrivel, sink, soothe, still, take, weaken |
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