About The Word Bated
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Bated
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What's The Definition Of Bated?
[adj] diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes"
[adj] held back; "we watched the daring feats of the acrobats with bated breath" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bated: decreased | reduced | restrained Related Terms | Find terms related to Bated: abated | ablated | attenuated | belittled | consumed | contracted | curtailed | damped | dampened | dead | deadened | decreased | deflated | diminished | dissipated | dropped | dull | dulled | eroded | fallen | flat | less | lesser | lower | lowered | miniaturized | muffled | muted | reduced | retrenched | scaled-down | shorn | shorter | shrunk | shrunken | smaller | smothered | softened | sordo | stifled | subdued | watered-down | weakened | worn See Also | Bated In Webster's Dictionary \Bat"ed\, a.
Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.
--Macaulay.
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