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lessenedverbpast tense of lessen to make smaller in amount, volume, or extentwe lessened our efforts as it became clear they weren't having an effect abated, decreased, de-escalated, dented, depleted, diminished, downscaled, downsized, dropped, dwindled, eased, knocked down, lowered, reduced compressed, condensed, constricted, contractedabbreviated, abridged, clipped, cropped, curtailed, cut, cut back, cut down, docked, nicked, pared, pruned, retrenched, shortened, slashed, trimmed, truncated, whittleddeflated, shrank(or shrunk)minimizedmoderated, modified, modulated, qualified aggrandized, amplified, augmented, boosted, enlarged, escalated, expanded, increased, raised blew up, dilated, distended, inflated, swelledelongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged, protractedadded (to), complemented, supplementedenhanced, heightened, intensifiedredoubled to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallythe pain should begin to lessen within minutes of taking the medication abated, declined, decreased, de-escalated, died (away or down or out), diminished, drained (away), dropped (off), dwindled, eased, ebbed, fell, fell away, let up, lowered, moderated, palled, phased down, ratcheted (down)also racheted (down), receded, relented, remitted, shrank(or shrunk), subsided, tapered, tapered off, waned compressed, condensed, constricted, contractedevaporated, faded (away), frittered (away), gave out, melted (away), petered (out), tailed (off), vanishedslackened, slowed (down)alleviated, relaxedflagged, sank(or sunk), weakenedcaved (in), collapsed, deflated accumulated, ballooned, built, burgeoned(also bourgeoned), enlarged, escalated, expanded, grew, increased, intensified, mounted, mushroomed, picked up, rose, snowballed, soared, swelled, waxed appeared, emerged, showed upblew up, distended, elongated, lengthened to lower in character, dignity, or qualityblatant hypocrisy that lessened him in the eyes of the voters abased, bastardized, cankered, cheapened, corrupted, debased, debauched, degraded, demeaned, demoralized, depraved, deteriorated, perverted, poisoned, profaned, prostituted, subverted, vitiated, warped befouled, begrimed, contaminated, defiled, diluted, dirtied, polluted, tainted, thinned, watered down, weakeneddescendeddisgraced, dishonored, humbled, humiliated, shamed, took downblemished, damaged, defaced, destroyed, flawed, harmed, hurt, impaired, marred, ruined, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt), stained, tarnished, wreckeddepreciated, downgraded elevated, ennobled, uplifted dignified, exalted, honoredameliorated, amended, bettered, enhanced, enriched, improved, meliorated, perfectedclarified, cleaned, cleansed, purified, refined, restoredrespected |