Meanings
verbensmallen (third-person singular simple present ensmallens, present participle ensmallening, simple past and past participle ensmallened)
present singular third person ensmallens · participle present ensmallening · participle past ensmallened · past ensmallened
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make smaller.
Similar
antonym(s) of “make bigger”
Opposite
Also see
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese 缩小
- 缩小 (suōxiǎo)Make smaller
Japanese 縮小する
- 縮小する (shukushō suru)Make smaller
Polish pomniejszyć, pomniejszać
- pomniejszyćMake smaller
- pomniejszaćMake smaller
Swedish förminska, krympa
- förminskaMake smaller
- krympaMake smaller
Cite this entry
APA
ensmallen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensmallen
MLA
“ensmallen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensmallen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ensmallen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensmallen.
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