coarsened

verb coarsened

• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
• deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
• deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.