All deepen antonyms
deep·en
D d 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.