diminished

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English [edit]

Verb [edit]

diminished

  1. simple past tense and past participle of diminish

Adjective [edit]

diminished (comparative more diminished, superlative most diminished)

  1. lessened, reduced.
    The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
  2. (music) reduced by a semitone
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