| Adj. | 1. | diminished - impaired by diminution |
| 2. | diminished - (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm" | |
| 3. | diminished - (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth" | |
| 4. | diminished - made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small" |