Synonyms for weakening
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wee-kuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwi kən |
Top 10 synonyms for weakening Other synonyms for the word weakening
- adulterate
- break up
- crumble
- cut
- debase
- debilitate
- devitalize
- droop
- ease up
- enervate
- exhaust
- fade
- fail
- faint
- flag
- give way
- impoverish
- invalidate
- languish
- lessen
- limp
- lose
- lose spirit
- lower
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- reduce
- relapse
- relax
- sap
- slow down
- soften
- temper
- thin
- thin out
- tire
- totter
- tremble
- undermine
- vitiate
- wane
- water down
- wilt
Définition of weakening
Origin :- 1520s, from weak + -en (1). The earlier verb was simply weak (late 14c.). Related: Weakened; weakening.
- verb reduce the strength of
- The minister was weakening most lamentably, giving her husband a loophole to escape.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Yet he was conscious that his will was weakening; that he did not mean to go down to the steamer just yet.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- I will not run the risk of weakening this reasoning by expansion.
- Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
- This is no sign of the weakening of the spiritual hold on reality.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- Yet his pride and his sense of the justice due to be done admitted of no weakening.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- He was saddle-sore and weary, but his purpose knew no weakening.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Still, after what had been said, it was imperative to show no weakening.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- As for the weakening of Serbia, it could not be entertained.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- And there is reason for thinking that the enemy is weakening.
- Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
- He was weakening, but I thought I was worse off than he was.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
Antonyms for weakening
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