diminished
/dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/
adjective
- Made smaller, weaker, or less important.
- The team played with a diminished roster due to injuries.
- He spoke with a diminished sense of confidence after the failure.
- The forest's diminished size worried environmentalists.
- In music, describing an interval that is one semitone smaller than a minor or perfect interval, or a chord built on such intervals, often creating a tense or unstable sound.
- The composer wrote a diminished seventh chord for dramatic effect.
- The song uses a diminished chord to create a feeling of suspense.
- She practiced the diminished scale to improve her jazz improvisation.