diminished
adjective
1. impaired by diminution
Similar word(s): impaired, lessened, vitiated, weakened
2. (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
Similar word(s): atrophied, wasted
3. (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval
- a diminished fifth
Similar word(s): decreased, reduced
4. made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
Similar word(s): decreased, reduced, belittled, small
Sentences with diminished as an adjective:
- The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of diminish