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Showing words for LESSENING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Lessening

lessening

8 Letter Words for Lessening

seelings

7 Letter Words for Lessening

engines, enisles, ensigns, ensiles, essling, genesis, gennels, ginnels, innless, insense, leesing, lensing, neesing, nielsen, seeings, seeling, senegin, seniles, sensile, sensing, signees, silenes, singles, sneeing

6 Letter Words for Lessening

eeling, eisels, elsins, engels, engine, enisle, ensign, ensile, esiles, genies, gennel, giesel, ginnel, ginnle, glinse, gneiss, ingene, ingles, inless, inness, leeing, lenses, lessen, lieges, lignes, linens, nelies, nessie, ningle, seeing, seenil, seines, seling, senile, sensei, seseli, sieges, signee, silene, silens, singes, single, slinge, slings

5 Letter Words for Lessening

eigne, eisel, elses, elsin, engin, engle, ensis, esile, esnes, essen, genes, genie, genin, gesse, giles, gilse, gisel, gleen, glees, gleis, glene, glenn, glens, gliss, ingle, insee, isles, leges, legin, legis, leiss, lenes, lengs, lenin, lenis, lense, leses, lessn, liege, liens, ligne, linen, lines, linge, lings, linns, nelis, nenes, nines, nisse, seels, segni, seige, seils, seine, seise, seles, sengi, sense, siege, siens, signs, silen, siles, sines, singe, sings, sline, sling, snees, snies, snigs, ssing

4 Letter Words for Lessening

eels, eine, elne, else, enes, engl, engs, ense, eses, esne, esse, gees, gein, gels, gene, genl, gens, gess, gien, gies, gile, gils, ginn, gins, gise, glee, glei, glen, glis, inne, inns, isle, isls, lees, lege, legs, leis, lene, leng, lens, lese, less, lien, lies, lige, ligs, line, ling, linn, lins, liss, negs, nein, nene, nese, ness, nies, nile, nils, nine, seel, seen, sees, segs, seil, seis, sele, sels, sene, sens, sese, sien, sign, sile, sine, sing, sins, sise, slee, snee, snig

3 Letter Words for Lessening

eeg, eel, een, eli, els, ene, eng, enl, ens, ese, ess, gee, gel, gen, gie, gin, gis, gns, ign, ile, ing, inn, ins, ise, isl, isn, lee, leg, lei, les, lie, lig, lin, lis, nee, neg, nei, nie, nig, nil, nis, nne, see, seg, sei, sel, sen, sie, sig, sil, sin, sis, sle, sse

Definitions for Lessening

[1] to become less.
[2] to make less; reduce.
[3] Archaic . to represent as less; depreciate; disparage.
[4] to make or become less
[5] (tr) to make little of

Words related to Lessening

lessenshrinking, waning, narrowing, slackening, sinking, lowering, plunging, sagging, wasting, moderating, plummeting, dropping, ebbing, subsiding, abating, dwindling, declining, lightening, shrinkage

Words nearby Lessening

lessenlespedeza, lesquerella, less, less than, lessee, lessen, lesseps, lesser, lesser antilles, lesser ape, lesser bear

Origin of Lessening

1300–50; late Middle English lessenen, lasnen (see less, -en1); replacing Middle English lessen

Words that may be confused with Lessening

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, lessenlessen, lesson

Other words from Lessening

un·less·ened , adjective

Synonyms for Lessening

abating, declining, depreciating, diminishing, dropping, dwindling, ebbing, lightening, lowering, moderating, narrowing, plummeting, plunging, quieting, sagging, shrinking, sinking, slackening, slowing, slumping, softening, subsiding, waning, wasting, weakening, dying down, fading away, losing momentum, shriveling up, wearing down, wearing off