Unscramble weakening

Definition of weakening

adjective:

• causing debilitation. Synonyms: debilitative, enervating, enfeebling.
• moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker.

noun:

• becoming weaker. Antonyms: strengthening.
• the act of reducing the strength of something. Antonyms: strengthening.

verb:

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

Related words

atrophy, attenuate, attenuation, blunt, blur, break, castrate, collapse, cripple, cut, damp, dampen, deaden, deafen, debilitate, debilitation, depress, derail, devitalise, devitalize, dilute, dilution, dim, disappear, downfall, drain, dull, emasculate, enervate, enervation, enfeeble, enfeeblement, etiolate, etiolation, evaporate, exhaustion, fade, fading, fall, languish, lessen, loose, loosen, loosening, melt, mollify, negate, neutralise, neutralize, nullify, pall, rarefy, reduce, relax, relaxation, season, shake, slack, slacken, slackening, slow, slur, stultify, subside, temper, thin, unbrace, waste, wilt, wilting, withering.

Words nearby

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