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
