diminished has definitions from the field of music
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[ adjective ] impaired by diminution

Used in print

(E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)

Consequently , if for any reason the hypothalamic excitability falls below the physiological level , the lessened hypothalamic cortical discharges lead to a diminished state of activity in the cortex with consequent reduction in the cortico-fugal discharges .

In both conditions the emotional and perceptual sensitivity is diminished , but no depression occurs such_as is seen clinically or may be produced in normal persons by drugs .

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

It is as_follows : `` The usual sensitivity tests showed that the specific qualities of skin-perceptiveness ( pressure , pain , temperature ) , as_well_as the kinesthetic sensations ( muscular feelings , feelings in the tendons and joints ) , were , as_such , essentially intact , although they seemed , in_comparison_with normal reactions , to be somewhat diminished over the entire body .

Related terms

impaired

2
[ adjective ] made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

Synonyms

small belittled

Examples

"her comments made me feel small"

Related terms

decreased

3
[ adjective ] (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval

Examples

"a diminished fifth"

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music decreased

4
[ adjective ] (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use

Synonyms

atrophied wasted

Examples

"partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

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hypertrophied

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