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adjective

Definition of dentednext
as in concave
curved inward the dented car fender bore silent testament to an accident that no one in the family was owning up to

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dented

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verb

past tense of dent
as in reduced
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent hopefully this vacation won't dent our bank account too much

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dented
  1. concave
  2. reduced
  3. hollow
  4. sunken
  5. depleted
  6. depressed
Adjective
  • Underneath are two concave rubber pads to grip the frame without the worry of scratching it up and are cinched down with mini TPU straps.
    Matt Beer, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The record is so timeless and concave, or whatever the metaphors are.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of concave
Verb
  • Advertisement The measure is strongly backed by a group of California prosecutors and large retailers, including Walmart, and aims to overhaul parts of Proposition 47, a measure approved by voters in 2014 that reduced certain drug and property crime penalties.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Max size reduced to 6, bonus ammo changed to +50 reload speed.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of reduced
Adjective
  • Unlike a snake, which injects venom through hollow fangs, the gila monster’s venom flows through large grooved lower teeth.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Though the knife handle is hollow, the rest of the pieces are nicely weighted, and Lenox offers a limited lifetime warranty against defects.
    Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of hollow
Adjective
  • Over time, scuba divers and wreck hunters have claimed to have found the sunken ship.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of sunken
Verb
  • The repetitiveness depleted the music of any emotional value.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement The money from the last successful California school bond, which passed in 2016, has long since been spent, and the state’s school repair fund is expected to be depleted by January.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of depleted
Adjective
  • As Christina, the youngest of a trio of sisters, Olsen spends the film playing mediator between Natasha Lyonne’s depressed stoner, Rachel, and Carrie Coon’s domineering control freak, Katie.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Some staffers pretended to call on behalf of a depressed relative.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of depressed
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