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diminished

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??m?n??t/
  • Hyphenation: di?min?ished

Verb

diminished

  1. simple past tense and past participle of diminish

Adjective

diminished (comparative more diminished, superlative most diminished)

  1. lessened, reduced
  2. made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable
  3. (music) reduced by a semitone

Antonyms

  • (music): augmented

Coordinate terms

  • (music): perfect

Translations

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burnished

English

Alternative forms

  • burnisht

Verb

burnished

  1. simple past tense and past participle of burnish

Adjective

burnished (not comparable)

  1. Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
    • 1700, John Dryden, "Palamon and Arcite", in Fables, Ancient and Modern:
      The frame of burnish'd steel, that cast a glare / From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
  2. (figuratively) Blazing, bright.

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