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ensmallen

Syllables: en·small·enUK/ɪnˈsmɔːlən/US/ɛnˈsmɔlən/

ensmallen verb: to make smaller.

Verb

ensmallen (third-person singular simple present ensmallens, present participle ensmallening, simple past and past participle ensmallened)

  1. (humorous, transitive) To make smaller.
    Synonyms:
    debigulate

Synonyms of ensmallen

Antonyms

Forms of ensmallen

third-person singular presentensmallens
present participleensmallening
past participleensmallened
pastensmallened

Origin of ensmallen

From small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002. Logical antonym of "embiggen," a humorous neologism popularized by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation.

Questions about ensmallen

What does ensmallen mean?
Ensmallen means to make smaller.
What part of speech is ensmallen?
Ensmallen is a verb.
How do you pronounce ensmallen?
Ensmallen is pronounced /ɪnˈsmɔːlən/ (UK).
What is the past tense of ensmallen?
The past tense of ensmallen is ensmallened.

Words near ensmallen in the dictionary

  1. Enslows
  2. enslumber
  3. enslumbered
  4. enslumbering
  5. enslumbers
  6. ensmallen
  7. ensmallened
  8. ensmallening
  9. ensmallens
  10. Ensminger
  11. Ensmingers

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