单词 | lessen |
例句 | lessen verb 1.•the new law did little to lessen the stigma:reduce, make less/smaller, minimize, decrease | allay, assuage, alleviate, attenuate, palliate, ease, dull, deaden, blunt, moderate, mitigate, dampen, soften, tone down, dilute, weaken. ANT increase. 2.•the pain began to lessen:grow less, grow smaller, decrease, diminish, decline, subside, abate | fade, die down/off, let up, ease off, tail off, drop (off/away), fall, dwindle, ebb, wane, recede. ANT increase. 3.•his behavior lessened him in their eyes:diminish, degrade, discredit, devalue, belittle. ANT aggrandize. |
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