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All deepen antonyms

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verb deepen

  • fill in — a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire: to eat one's fill.
  • pale — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
  • quieten — to become quiet (often followed by down).
  • soften — to make soft or softer.
  • fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
  • lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
  • soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
  • decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • lessen — to become less.
  • weaken — to make weak or weaker.
  • subtract — to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
  • slump — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
  • lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
  • diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
  • fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
  • decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
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