Lessened can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| lessened - decreased in severity; made less harsh | ||
| lessened - impaired by diminution | ||
Verb |
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| lessen - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff" | ||
| lessen - wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" |
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| 1. | verb | The noise lessened gradually. | |
| 2. | verb | The pain has lessened a little. | |
| 3. | verb | Pain is not lessened by crying. | |
| 4. | verb | Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noah opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried. | |
| 5. | verb | Even your faults do not lessen my respect for you, and in friendship this is what counts. | |
| 6. | verb | She tried to lessen her expenses. | |
| 7. | verb | We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies. | |
| 8. | verb | When you are cheerful, books can increase your happiness; when you are sad, books can lessen your sorrow. | |
| 9. | verb | I need medicine to lessen the pain. | |
| 10. | verb | Sami agreed to testify against Layla in order to lessen his sentence. | |
| 11. | verb | No words can lessen your deep sadness. | |
| 12. | verb | The 1987 international Montreal Protocol banned many of the chlorine compounds used in refrigerants and aerosols, like hairspray, to lessen the damage. Since then, the size of the ozone hole has slowly declined but remains large enough to produce significant ozone loss. | |
| 13. | verb | Even your faults do not lessen my respect for you, and in friendship this is what counts. | |
| 14. | verb | She tried to lessen her expenses. | |
| 15. | verb | We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| The noise lessened gradually. | |
| The pain has lessened a little. | |
| Pain is not lessened by crying. | |
| Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noah opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried. | |
| Even your faults do not lessen my respect for you, and in friendship this is what counts. | |
| She tried to lessen her expenses. | |
| We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies. | |
| When you are cheerful, books can increase your happiness; when you are sad, books can lessen your sorrow. | |
| I need medicine to lessen the pain. | |
| Sami agreed to testify against Layla in order to lessen his sentence. | |
| No words can lessen your deep sadness. | |
| The 1987 international Montreal Protocol banned many of the chlorine compounds used in refrigerants and aerosols, like hairspray, to lessen the damage. Since then, the size of the ozone hole has slowly declined but remains large enough to produce significant ozone loss. | |
| Even your faults do not lessen my respect for you, and in friendship this is what counts. | |
| She tried to lessen her expenses. | |
| We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies. | |