disintensify
verbEtymology From dis- + intense + -ify.
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To make less intense.
- All the same, Of absolute and irretrievable And all-subduing black, — black's soul of black Beyond white's power to disintensify, — Of that I saw no sample : such may wreck My life and ruin my philosophy1884, Robert Browning, “A Bean-stripe; also Apple-Eating”, in Ferishtah's Fancies:
- You know Susie'll have to be told to disintensify her soul-huntin', for religion even isn't an excuse for saying that a man'll become a cockatrice.1927, Sean O'Casey, The Silver Tassie:
1 more example
- They may also choose to disintensify, neutralize, or dramatize different types of facial expressions to achieve specific interaction outcomes or goals in their particular culture.2012, Stella Ting-Toomey, Communicating Across Cultures:
- Synonyms
- deintensify