ensmallen

English

Etymology

en- +‎ small +‎ -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.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsmɔːlən/, (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈsmɔlən/
Hyphenation: en‧small‧en

Verb

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

(humorous, transitive) To make smaller.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ensmallen.

Synonyms

(make smaller): debigulate

Antonyms

(make bigger): embiggen

Translations

Make smaller

Polish: pomniejszyć, pomniejszać (pl)
Swedish: förminska (sv)

Anagrams

Mennellas

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