Unscramble weaken

Definition of weaken

verb:

• lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body". Antonyms: strengthen.
• become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days". Antonyms: strengthen.
• destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war". Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine.
• reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis". Synonyms: de-escalate, step down. Antonyms: escalate.
• lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock", "break a fall". Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, soften.

Related words

attenuate, blunt, blur, break, castrate, collapse, cripple, cut, damp, dampen, deaden, deafen, debilitate, depress, derail, devitalise, devitalize, dilute, dim, disappear, drain, dull, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, evaporate, fade, languish, lessen, loose, loosen, melt, mollify, negate, neutralise, neutralize, nullify, pall, rarefy, reduce, relax, season, shake, slack, slacken, slow, slur, stultify, subside, temper, thin, unbrace, waste, wilt.

Words nearby

waken.

Rhymes with

beacon, deacon, mohican, mozambican.