weakening 音标拼音: [w'ikənɪŋ]
衰减; 虚弱的; 削弱; 消振
衰减; 虚弱的; 削弱; 消振
weakening adj 1 :
causing debilitation [
synonym : {
debilitative }, {
enervating },
{
enfeebling }, {
weakening }]
2 :
moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker n 1 :
becoming weaker [
ant : {
strengthening }]
2 :
the act of reducing the strength of something [
ant :
{
strengthening }]
moderating \
moderating \
adj .
lessening in intensity or strength .
Opposite of {
intensifying }. [
Narrower terms : {
tempering }; {
weakening }]
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
Weaken \
Weak "
en \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Weakened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Weakening }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To make weak ;
to lessen the strength of ;
to deprive of strength ;
to debilitate ;
to enfeeble ;
to enervate ;
as ,
to weaken the body or the mind ;
to weaken the hands of a magistrate ;
to weaken the force of an objection or an argument .
[
1913 Webster ]
Their hands shall be weakened from the work ,
that it be not done . --
Neh .
vi .
9 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To reduce in quality ,
strength ,
or spirit ;
as ,
to weaken tea ;
to weaken any solution or decoction .
[
1913 Webster ]
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "
weakening ":
abatement ,
abridgment ,
alleviation ,
attenuation ,
attrition ,
bankruptcy ,
blunting ,
breakage ,
breakdown ,
collapse ,
contraction ,
crack -
up ,
crippling ,
damage ,
dampening ,
damping ,
deadening ,
debilitation ,
decrease ,
decrement ,
decrescence ,
deduction ,
deflation ,
depreciation ,
depression ,
destruction ,
detriment ,
devitalization ,
devitalizing ,
dilapidation ,
dilution ,
diminishment ,
diminution ,
disablement ,
disrepair ,
draining ,
dulling ,
dying ,
dying off ,
effemination ,
encroachment ,
enervating ,
enervation ,
enfeeblement ,
enfeebling ,
evisceration ,
exhausting ,
exhaustion ,
extenuation ,
fade -
out ,
fatigue ,
fatiguing ,
grueling ,
harm ,
hobbling ,
hurt ,
hurting ,
impairment ,
inanition ,
incapacitation ,
infringement ,
injury ,
inroad ,
languishment ,
lessening ,
letup ,
loss ,
lowering ,
maiming ,
mayhem ,
miniaturization ,
mischief ,
mitigation ,
mutilation ,
reduction ,
relaxation ,
ruination ,
ruinousness ,
sabotage ,
sagging ,
sapping ,
scaling down ,
scathe ,
sickening ,
simplicity ,
slackening ,
softening ,
spoiling ,
subtraction ,
thinning ,
trying
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