All strengthen antonyms
strengthΒ·en
S s verb strengthen
- densify β to make or become denser
- wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- devitalize β to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- contract β A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- muddied β abounding in or covered with mud.
- anaesthetising β Present participle of anaesthetise.
- dematerialize β to cease to have material existence, as in science fiction or spiritualism
- die out β If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
- cut and run β to make a rapid escape
- hungering β Present participle of hunger.
- disbar β to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- fade out β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- cleaned out β free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- debilitate β If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
- disrate β to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- fork out β an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- hamstring β (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- duck out β leave secretly
- bogged β wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- densifying β to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- damping β moistening or wetting
- fracturing β Present participle of fracture.
- drain β to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- miniaturize β to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- fold up β a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- flag β flagstone (def 1).
- lay waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- fag β Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- exenterate β To disembowel; to eviscerate.
- minify β to make less.
- denaturing β Present participle of denature.
- go bad β not good in any manner or degree.
- amnestied β a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- bust out β escape from somewhere
- diffused β Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- inventoried β a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- anaesthetize β When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
- bogging β filthy; covered in dirt and grime
- cripple β A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
- disbarred β to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- mitigate β to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- beaching β an expanse of sand or pebbles along a shore.