Weaken Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Weaken
(Archaic) To underrate; underestimate
(Law) To claim incapacity as setting aside or preventing enforcement of (a deed or contract).
To walk,move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
To become weak or faint; lose strength; languish
fail in courage
To become weaker
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To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.
To diminish or destroy the strength or vitality of.
To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
To make (a quantity) smaller.
To become sicker after partial recovery from an illness.
To decline, as in strength or effectiveness:
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To fall apart; to disintegrate.
To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
(By extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
The definition of abate means to become less or lower in amount or force than at a prior time.
To feel great fear or anxiety
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To faint is defined as to pass out or to lose consciousness for a period of time.
(Idiomatic) Decelerate.
(Chemistry) To decrease the valence of (an atom) by adding electrons.
To reduce to a minimum; decrease to the least possible amount, degree, etc.
Cripple is defined as to disable or make unable to function properly.
unman
To take away characteristics traditionally associated with masculinity, such as courage or strength:
To remove the testicles of a male; geld or emasculate.
To cause to weaken, be damaged, or diminish, as in quality:
To deprive of strength; make feeble.
Unnerve is defined as to cause fear or loss of confidence.
To make unable or unfit; esp., to make incapable of normal activity; disable
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Thin means in a slender or narrow way.
To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.
take the wind out of
To make weaker
Deteriorate is defined as to make or become worse or lower in value or quality.
(Intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]
To become lower in value or amount; lessen, as prices, funds, etc.
To use up or spend without real need, gain, or purpose; squander
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To lose strength or power
Attenuate is defined as to reduce the strength of an electrical signal.
To sap the strength or energy of; enervate.
To approach an enemy's position by saps
To weaken by wearing away a base or foundation:
To untie, disassemble, or loosen:
To salivate in anticipation of food:
To relent is to become less severe, to soften in attitude or temper, or to give up on an intense position.
To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen:
To produce
To prevent the success of; thwart:
To deplete is defined as to diminish or use up the supply of something.
To lower in spirits; deject.
(Music) To reduce (a perfect or a minor interval) by a half step
To disable is defined as to make something not work that was working before, or to injure someone in a way that makes them unable to do something.
To deprive (a male) of the power to reproduce, as by removing the testicles; castrate; geld
To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
To impair the progress or functioning of; make inoperative or powerless:
To sink, bend, or curve, esp. in the middle, from weight or pressure
Tire is defined as becoming weary or in need of rest, or to lose interest.
To reverse the effect of escalation on (something); reduce or lessen in scope, magnitude, etc.
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
(Intransitive) To become damp; to deaden.
To restrain or check; discourage:
To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
Sabotage is defined as to intentionally destroy something.
To plot opposition; to frustrate the initiatives of another.
To counteract is to act in opposition to or against some force in order to neutralize the force.
Subvert is defined as to overthrow, destroy or undermine.
become disheartened
To become weaker
Lose is defined as to wind up without something or to fail in a competition.
Droop is defined as to hang down, bend down or to lose strength.
lose spirit
To become weaker
(Intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown.
To deprive of richness or strength:
Antonyms for Weaken
To renew in the mind; recall:
Straighten is to make something orderly or unwavy.
To cause to move more rapidly; hasten
Animate is defined as to bring to life.
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.
Words Related to Weaken
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
In a strong manner; greatly, severely, vigorously, etc.
Synonym Study
- Undermine and sap both suggest a weakening or impairing by subtle or stealthy means authority undermined by rumors, strength sapped by disease
- Enervate implies a lessening of force, vigor, energy, etc., as through indulgence in luxury enervated by idleness
- Debilitate suggests a partial or temporary gradual weakening, as by disease or dissipation debilitated by alcoholic excesses
- Weaken , the most general of these words, implies a lessening of strength, power, soundness, etc. weakened by disease, to weaken an argument
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