Words and phrases that have a meaning related to weakening: (154 results)
Antonyms:
strengthening
Often used in the same context:
softening, weaker, strengthening, weakness, worsening, deterioration, eroding, slackening, deteriorating, slowing, diminishing, tightening, slowdown, decline, stabilizing, undermining, souring, firming, softness, bolstering, faltering, depress, dampening, erosion, hardening, stronger, rising, crimped, easing, decelerating, intensifying, depreciating, shrinking, buoying, ebbing, lessening, deepening, exacerbating, improving, decreasing, loosening, stagnating, strengthing, countervailed, moderating, sluggishness, steepening, unpeg, boosting, denting, stiffening, sagging, contraction, accelerating, devaluation, persisting, increasing, tenuousness, denominating, bearish, rockiness, slumping, plummeting, downspin, instability, resurgent, slippage, hurting, waning, downgrading, greenback, heightening, surging, diminution, downturn, headwind, reinforcing, macroeconomic, decine, constraining, deflationary, fragile, depleting, pullback, darkening, undercutting, evaporating, disinflation, fraying, reflated, slipping, flattening, falling, retrenching, devaluate, cire, falloff, receding, oversupply, devalued, toughening, damps, blurring, curtailment, decrease, amelioration, shrinkage, alteration, destabilization, improvement, widening
More specific:
atrophy, attenuation, debilitation, diluting, dilution, downfall, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion, fading, fall, relaxation, wilt, wilting, withering
Appears in the definition of:
aneurism, aneurysm, atrophy, attenuation, dealignment, debilitation, dilution, enervation, enfeeblement, etiolation, exhaustion, fading, interview, loosening, relaxation, slackening, sustained, withering
More general:
reduction, shift, step-down, transformation, transmutation
Synonyms:
Also try:debilitating, debilitative, enervating, enfeebling
— Adjectives for weakening: gradual, further, general, progressive, consequent, serious, significant, considerable, relative, slight, steady, more...
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