verb
Meaning 1
To make weaker or less strong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- weaken a bond
- weaken a joint
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emasculate
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
To make weaker or less strong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: emasculate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To become weaker or less strong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
become weaker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: strengthen
Broader terms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Narrower terms: attenuate, melt, disappear, evaporate, die down, collapse, fade, subside, lessen, blur, dim, slur, pine away, waste, languish, dull, pall, loosen, relax, loose, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, slack, wilt
verb
lessen the strength of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: strengthen
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: de-energize, de-energise, break, devitalize, devitalise, shake, depress, unbrace, etiolate, cripple, stultify, dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut, rarefy, attenuate, blunt, temper, season, mollify, enfeeble, debilitate, drain, enervate, dampen, neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate, emasculate, castrate, wash out
verb
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: de-escalate, step down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decrease, lessen, minify
verb
lessen in force or effect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dampen, damp, soften, break
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deaden, blunt
Narrower terms: deafen, dampen, deaden, damp
verb
destroy property or hinder normal operations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disobey
Narrower terms: derail
History
From weak + -en.
Across languages
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.