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Pronunciation:
[ wˈiːkənd], [ wˈiːkənd], [ w_ˈiː_k_ə_n_d]
Weakened is a term that signifies a decrease in strength or vitality. There are a number of synonyms for weakened that can be used to describe this state, such as debilitated, enfeebled, diminished, frail, infirm, exhausted, and vulnerable. Some other synonyms that come to mind include feeble, powerless, worn out, fatigued, faint, and soft. Each of these synonyms has a slightly different connotation, so the choice of the right word depends on the context and the level of weakness being described. However, all these synonyms can be used interchangeably with the word weakened to convey the idea of a loss of power or vitality.
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Similar words for weakened:
- diluted (adjective)
- disabled (adjective)
- enervated (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- injured (adjective)
- reduced (adjective)
- uncovered (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- adulterated (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- demoralized (adjective)
- depleted (adjective)
- exhausted (adjective)
- flaccid (adjective)
- incapacitated (adjective)
- limp (adjective)
- spent (adjective)
- starving (adjective)
- starving/starved (adjective)
- tired out (adjective)
- watered-down (adjective)
- disabled (verb)
- enfeebled (verb)
- dispirited
- emasculated
- garbled
- noun
- tired
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Weakened:
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adj.
• diluted • disabled- broken down ,
- in firm ,
- incapacitated ,
- out of action ,
- out-of-action ,
- sidelined ,
- incapable ,
- out-of-commission .
- de filed ,
- de graded ,
- de valued ,
- de-filed ,
- de-graded ,
- de-valued ,
- dis solved ,
- dis-solved ,
- more attenuated ,
- more blended ,
- more contaminated ,
- more depreciated ,
- more devalued ,
- more dissolved ,
- more polluted ,
- more thinned ,
- more vitiated ,
- most attenuated ,
- most blended ,
- most contaminated ,
- most depreciated ,
- most devalued ,
- most dissolved ,
- most polluted ,
- most thinned ,
- most vitiated .
- de creased ,
- de-creased ,
- fargone ,
- kaput ,
- more collapsed ,
- more decreased ,
- more emptied ,
- more far gone ,
- more far-gone ,
- more fargone ,
- more lessened ,
- more sapped ,
- most collapsed ,
- most decreased ,
- most emptied ,
- most far gone ,
- most far-gone ,
- most fargone ,
- most lessened ,
- most sapped .
- bone weary ,
- boneweary ,
- dogtired ,
- more bone weary ,
- more bone-weary ,
- more boneweary ,
- more dog tired ,
- more dog-tired ,
- more dogtired ,
- more frazzled ,
- more shot ,
- most bone weary ,
- most bone-weary ,
- most boneweary ,
- most dog tired ,
- most dog-tired ,
- most dogtired ,
- most frazzled ,
- most shot ,
- out feet ,
- out on feet ,
- out on one feet ,
- out on ones feet ,
- out one feet ,
- out one's feet ,
- out ones feet ,
- ready drop .
- burntout ,
- donein ,
- down drain ,
- ex pended ,
- ex-pended ,
- more burnt out ,
- more burnt-out ,
- more burntout ,
- more consumed ,
- more disbursed ,
- more done in ,
- more done-in ,
- more donein ,
- more expended ,
- more fagged ,
- more played out ,
- more played-out ,
- more playedout ,
- more shattered ,
- most burnt out ,
- most burnt-out ,
- most burntout ,
- most consumed ,
- most disbursed ,
- most done in ,
- most done-in ,
- most donein ,
- most expended ,
- most fagged ,
- most played out ,
- most played-out ,
- most playedout ,
- most shattered ,
- playedout ,
- washedup .
- dog hungry ,
- doghungry ,
- have munchies ,
- more dog hungry ,
- more dog-hungry ,
- more doghungry ,
- more rattleboned ,
- most dog hungry ,
- most dog-hungry ,
- most doghungry ,
- most rattleboned ,
- peakier ,
- peakiest .
- could eat horse ,
- de hydrated ,
- de-hydrated ,
- more craving ,
- more dehydrated ,
- more hungering ,
- more malnourished ,
- more peckish ,
- more perishing ,
- more pinched ,
- more starved ,
- more undernourished ,
- most craving ,
- most dehydrated ,
- most hungering ,
- most malnourished ,
- most peckish ,
- most perishing ,
- most pinched ,
- most undernourished ,
- under nourished ,
- under-nourished .
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v.
• disabled • enfeebled Other synonyms:
- effete .
Other relevant words:
- Abated ,
- Curtailed ,
- Damped ,
- Dampened ,
- Declined ,
- Deteriorated ,
- Died ,
- Eviscerated ,
- Extenuated ,
- Fainting ,
- Flagged ,
- Frazzled ,
- Healthless ,
- Impuissant ,
- Languished ,
- Languishing ,
- Obscured ,
- Pooped ,
- Relented ,
- Retrenched ,
- Scalded ,
- Sickened ,
- Slackened ,
- Sprung ,
- Subsided ,
- Subverted ,
- Valetudinary ,
- Waned ,
- Wayworn ,
- Weariful ,
- ablated ,
- adulterate ,
- adulterated ,
- aged ,
- aggravated ,
- ailing ,
- all in ,
- altered the course ,
- ancient ,
- asthenic ,
- attenuate ,
- attenuated ,
- ausgespielt ,
- bated ,
- beat ,
- beaten ,
- belittled ,
- below par ,
- bleached ,
- blunted ,
- blurred ,
- blurry ,
- broken ,
- buggered ,
- burned ,
- burned-out ,
- burnt-out ,
- burst ,
- bushed ,
- busted ,
- cachectic ,
- checked ,
- chipped ,
- clouded ,
- cloudy ,
- collapsed ,
- consumed ,
- contracted ,
- corrupted ,
- cracked ,
- cranky ,
- crazed ,
- crepuscular ,
- crushed ,
- cushioned ,
- cut ,
- cut down ,
- damaged ,
- dark ,
- dead ,
- dead-beat ,
- death ,
- debased ,
- decayed ,
- declining ,
- decreased ,
- decrepit ,
- defeated ,
- defective ,
- deflated ,
- degraded ,
- dejected ,
- delicate ,
- depressed ,
- devitalized ,
- dilute ,
- diluted ,
- dim ,
- diminished ,
- discouraged ,
- dispirited ,
- disqualified ,
- dissipated ,
- dizzy ,
- doddering ,
- dog-tired ,
- done in ,
- drained ,
- drooping ,
- droopy ,
- dropped ,
- dull ,
- dusky ,
- elderly ,
- emaciated ,
- emasculated ,
- embittered ,
- enervate ,
- enervated ,
- eroded ,
- exacerbated ,
- exhausted ,
- faded ,
- fagged ,
- failed ,
- failing ,
- faint ,
- fallen ,
- fatigued ,
- faulty ,
- feckless ,
- feeble ,
- flaccid ,
- flagging ,
- flawed ,
- foggy ,
- footsore ,
- fragile ,
- frail ,
- fuzzy ,
- gaga ,
- gloomy ,
- harmed ,
- hazy ,
- helpless ,
- hopeless ,
- hurt ,
- ill ,
- ill-defined ,
- imperceptible ,
- imperfect ,
- impotent ,
- impure ,
- in bad shape ,
- in bits ,
- in danger ,
- in pieces ,
- in poor health ,
- in shards ,
- incurable ,
- indiscernible ,
- indisposed ,
- indistinct ,
- indistinguishable ,
- infirm ,
- injured ,
- invalid ,
- invertebrate ,
- irritated ,
- jaded ,
- jiggered ,
- knackered ,
- knocked out ,
- lacerated ,
- lame ,
- languid ,
- languorous ,
- less ,
- lessened ,
- lesser ,
- lethargic ,
- licked ,
- limp ,
- limp-wristed ,
- listless ,
- loosened ,
- lour ,
- low ,
- lower ,
- lowered ,
- mangled ,
- marred ,
- milk-and-water ,
- miniaturized ,
- minimised ,
- minimized ,
- misty ,
- moderated ,
- moribund ,
- murky ,
- nebulous ,
- nullified ,
- obscure ,
- old ,
- out of shape ,
- overtired ,
- pale ,
- parted ,
- peaked ,
- peaky ,
- played ,
- played out ,
- powerless ,
- prostrate ,
- puny ,
- rarefied ,
- ready to drop ,
- reduced ,
- reduced in health ,
- relaxed ,
- rent ,
- ruined ,
- run ragged ,
- run-down ,
- ruptured ,
- sabotaged ,
- sagging ,
- scaled-down ,
- scorched ,
- seedy ,
- senescent ,
- senile ,
- separated ,
- shadowy ,
- shattered ,
- shorn ,
- shortened ,
- shorter ,
- shrunk ,
- shrunken ,
- sick ,
- sickly ,
- slashed ,
- slight ,
- slit ,
- sluggish ,
- small ,
- smaller ,
- smashed ,
- soft ,
- sombre ,
- spent ,
- spiritless ,
- split ,
- stained ,
- starved ,
- strained ,
- subdued ,
- superannuated ,
- tainted ,
- tarnished ,
- tempered ,
- tenebrous ,
- thin ,
- thinned ,
- tired ,
- tired out ,
- toned down ,
- torn ,
- trimmed ,
- unbraced ,
- unclear ,
- undefined ,
- unfit ,
- unhealthy ,
- unnerved ,
- unrefreshed ,
- unrestored ,
- unsound ,
- unsubstantial ,
- unwell ,
- vague ,
- valetudinarian ,
- washed-out ,
- washy ,
- wasted ,
- watered-down ,
- weak ,
- weak-kneed ,
- weaken ,
- weakly ,
- wearied ,
- weary ,
- wet ,
- whacked ,
- wilting ,
- wimpish ,
- wimpy ,
- wiped out ,
- wishy-washy ,
- wonky ,
- woozy ,
- worn ,
- worn down ,
- worn-out ,
- worse ,
- worse off ,
- worsened ,
- wounded .
- Hungering ,
- bone-weary ,
- could eat a horse ,
- dead tired ,
- debilitated ,
- devoid of ,
- disabled ,
- dog tired ,
- dog-hungry ,
- done-in ,
- far-gone ,
- flying light ,
- had it ,
- in want ,
- malnourished ,
- out of ,
- out on one's feet ,
- outta gas ,
- peckish ,
- played-out ,
- rattleboned ,
- short of ,
- starving ,
- sucked out ,
- thrown away ,
- tuckered ,
- uncovered ,
- undernourished ,
- used up ,
- washed out ,
- washed up ,
- without resources ,
- worn-down ,
- wornout .
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How to use "Weakened" in context?
Weakened is a term used to describe somebody or something who is not as strong or as powerful as they once were. When we speak about somebody being weakened, we often mean that they have been hurt or injured in some way, and so are not as strong or as able to cope as they might have been before. Weakened can also refer to something or somebody that is no longer as strong or as powerful as they once were, either because they have been reduced in size or because their power has been diminished.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
debilitated, enfeebled.
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Proper noun, singular
weaken.
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Verb, past tense
diminished, eroded, Slackened.
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Verb, past participle
diminished, eroded, undermined.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
attenuated, debilitating, depressed, deteriorating, diluted, diminished, feeble, fragile, impaired, reduced, slack, vulnerable, Deteriorated, undermining, watered-down.
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Verb, past tense
affected, assaulted, attenuated, blurred, breached, committed, contracted, cut, damaged, depressed, diluted, dipped, dropped, eased, engaged, fell, initiated, lessened, lowered, mined, moderated, narrowed, opened, reduced, violated, Began, Declined, Did, Discounted, Dwindled, Entered, Hindered, Infringed, Instituted, Interfered, Launched, Receded, Slowed, Undertook, Wavered, Commenced, Curtailed, Proceeded, started, Subsided, doubled.
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Verb, past participle
affected, afflicted, aggravated, assigned, attenuated, become, beset, blocked, blown, blunted, buffeted, charged, compounded, concerned, confined, constrained, contaminated, contested, crippled, crushed, curbed, cut, damaged, debilitated, deducted, delayed, demolished, dented, depleted, depressed, destroyed, devalued, diluted, dimmed, dipped, disrupted, distorted, disturbed, dropped, eased, encumbered, engaged, exhausted, faded, fall, fallen, forfeited, freed, frustrated, handicapped, harmed, hurt, impacted, impaired, impeded, inhibited, initiated, kept, knackered, led, left, lessened, limited, loosened, lost, lowered, made, marred, mined, minimized, mired, missed, moderated, narrowed, nullified, obstructed, offset, opened, posted, prejudiced, recast, reduced, relaxed, released, relieved, restricted, sag, scaled, shaken, shattered, shocked, shortened, shrunk, sink, slide, stifled, stressed, stricken, struck, stunted, subdued, tarnished, tempered, thinned, threatened, thwarted, tired, touched, undercut, upended, upset, violated, wasted, worsened, Abated, Allayed, Ameliorated, Begun, Challenged, Dampened, Declined, Denied, Deteriorated, Discounted, Dwindled, Earmarked, Embarked, Emitted, Entered, Faltered, Hampered, Hindered, Influenced, Instituted, Jeopardized, Launched, Receded, Regressed, Rocked, Sapped, Slipped, Slowed, Undertaken, Commenced, Compromised, Contradicted, Curtailed, Precluded, Prevented, started, Subsided, downgraded, exacerbated, allocated, HIT, decelerated, downsized, doubled, jeopardised, minimised.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
weak.
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Verb, past tense
alleviated, undercut, Waned, undermined.
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Verb, past participle
alleviated, softened.
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Proper noun, singular
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