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The example sentences of LESSENING in videos (3 in total of 3)

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Use "lessening" in a sentence | "lessening" example sentences

How to use "lessening" in a sentence?

  • We find great things are made of little things, And little things go lessening till at last Comes God behind them.
    -Robert Browning-
  • In this dim world of clouding cares, We rarely know, till wildered eyes See white wings lessening up the skies, The angels with us unawares.
    -Gerald Massey-
  • A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.
    -Jack Vance-
  • From love one can only escape at the price of life itself; and no lessening of sorrow is worth exile from that stream of all things human and divine.
    -Freya Stark-
  • The idea that education will lead to a lessening of bigotry is just factually incorrect.
    -Reza Aslan-
  • He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.
    -Thomas Jefferson-
  • Time's horses gallop down the lessening hill.
    -Richard Le Gallienne-
  • As human beings, our only sensible scale of values is one based on lessening the agony of existence.
    -H. P. Lovecraft-
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Definition and meaning of LESSENING

What does "lessening mean?"

/ˈles(ə)n/

lessening

verb
make or become less.

What are synonyms of "lessening"?
Some common synonyms of "lessening" are:
  • reduce,
  • minimize,
  • decrease,
  • allay,
  • assuage,
  • alleviate,
  • attenuate,
  • palliate,
  • ease,
  • dull,
  • deaden,
  • blunt,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

/rəˈd(y)o͞os/

reduce
verb

make smaller or less in amount or size.

/ˈminəˌmīz/

minimize
verb

reduce something to smallest possible amount or degree.

decrease
noun verb

Amount by which something has been reduced. make or become smaller or fewer.

/əˈlā/

allay
verb

diminish or put at rest.

/əˈswāj/

assuage
verb

make unpleasant feeling less intense.

/əˈlēvēˌāt/

alleviate
verb

To lessen the severity of something.

attenuate
adjective verb

reduced in strength of thickness. reduce force of.

/ˈpalēˌāt/

palliate
verb

make disease or its symptoms less severe or unpleasant without removing cause.

/ēz/

ease
noun verb

absence of difficulty or effort. make something less serious or severe.

/dəl/

dull
adjective verb

Being dim, not so bright and hard to see. To cause a thing to become less sharp/less bright.

/ˈdedn/

deaden
verb

To make something less painful, loud, etc..

/blənt/

blunt
adjective noun verb

Without a sharp edge or point. cannabis cigar. To make dull or lessen the sharpness of something.

What are antonyms of "lessening"?
Some common antonyms of "lessening" are:
  • increase,
  • magnify,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

increase
noun verb

Fact of increasing; amount something grows by. become or make greater in size or degree.

/ˈmaɡnəˌfī/

magnify
verb

To increase the importance or seriousness of.

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