Lessen - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 02/03/2024

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Lessen.

5 letter answer(s) to lessen

ABATE
  1. become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
  2. make less active or intense

3 letter answer(s) to lessen

ABE

9 letter answer(s) to lessen

ALLEVIATE
  1. make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
  2. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

7 letter answer(s) to lessen

ASSUAGE
  1. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
  2. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
  3. soothe
DWINDLE
  1. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
  2. peter out

8 letter answer(s) to lessen

DECREASE
  1. a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter
  3. decrease in size, extent, or range;
  4. Diminish
  5. make smaller; "
  6. the act of decreasing or reducing something
  7. the amount by which something decreases
  8. to get smaller
DIMINISH
  1. decrease in size, extent, or range;
  2. Gradually recede
  3. Grow smaller
  4. Lessen
  5. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

6 letter answer(s) to lessen

REDUCE
  1. be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
  2. be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
  3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
  4. cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
  5. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
  6. destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
  7. lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"
  8. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"
  9. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"
  10. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
  11. make smaller; "reduce an image"
  12. narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"

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Slacken
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