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Pronunciation: [lˈɛsənd] (IPA)

There are several synonyms for the word "lessened," including reduced, decreased, curtailed, minimized, and diminished. These words all suggest a decrease in quantity or degree. "Reduced" implies a lowering of something to a specific level, while "decreased" suggests a general decline in quantity or intensity. "Curtailed" suggests a cutback or limitation of something, while "minimized" suggests a reduction in importance or mental focus. "Diminished" implies a decrease in size, value, or power. Using synonyms for "lessened" can help to vary one's language and avoid repetition, making written and spoken communication more engaging and effective.
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What are the opposite words for lessened?

Antonyms for the word "lessened" include increased, amplified, heightened, enlarged, augmented, expanded, enhanced, intensified, reinforced, and strengthened. These words all denote an increase in size, quantity, or intensity rather than a decrease. When something is "lessened," it means it has been reduced or diminished in some way, but the antonyms of this word suggest an intensification or increase in some aspect. For example, if your workload has "lessened," it means you have fewer tasks to complete, but if your workload has "increased," it means you have more work to do. Therefore, understanding the antonyms for "lessened" can provide a clearer understanding of the context in which the word is used.

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Usage examples for Lessened

Had his former disregard of her wishes lessened even a trifle her mother love for him?
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Would the Poet be lessened in Hallam's esteem and affection, when "some hidden shame" was exposed?
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
In spite of his last confession her disgust-though she felt that was not the right word-with his conduct had greatly lessened, and she was conscious of a certain curiosity about his sensations during the incident.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss

Famous quotes with Lessened

  • There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened.
    Abu Bakr
  • The susceptibility of the average modern to pictorial suggestion enables advertising to exploit his lessened power of judgment.
    Johan Huizinga
  • Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.
    Spider Robinson
  • Flies can eat toads! (Although astonishment may be lessened in noting that the tiny toads are much smaller than enormous fly larvae.) Unusually large insects and maximally small vertebrates have also been featured in the few other recorded cases of such reversals - frogs, small birds, even a mouse, consumed by praying mantids, for example.
    Stephen Jay Gould
  • More and more, as the organic world was observed, the vast multitude of petty animals, winged creatures, and "creeping things" was felt to be a strain upon the sacred narrative. More and more it became difficult to reconcile the dignity of the Almighty with his work in bringing each of these creatures before Adam to be named; or to reconcile the human limitations of Adam with his work in naming "every living creature"; or to reconcile the dimensions of Noah's ark with the space required for preserving all of them, and the food of all sorts necessary for their sustenance. ...Origen had dealt with it by suggesting that the cubit was six times greater than had been supposed. Bede explained Noah's ability to complete so large a vessel by supposing that he worked upon it during a hundred years; and, as to the provision of food taken into it, he declared that there was no need of a supply for more than one day, since God could throw the animals into a deep sleep or otherwise miraculously make one day's supply sufficient; he also lessened the strain on faith still more by diminishing the number of animals taken into the ark—supporting his view upon Augustine's theory of the later development of insects out of carrion.
    Bede

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