weakening

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. becoming weaker (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
strengthening
• Derivationally related forms:
weaken
• Hypernyms:
transformation, transmutation, shift
• Hyponyms:
debilitation, enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion, atrophy,
withering, attenuation, fading, fall, downfall, relaxation,
loosening, slackening
2. the act of reducing the strength of something
• Ant:
strengthening
• Derivationally related forms:
weaken
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
• Hyponyms:
wilt, wilting, dilution, etiolation

II - adjective

1. causing debilitation
• Syn:
debilitative, enervating, enfeebling
• Similar to:
debilitating
• Derivationally related forms:
debilitate (for: debilitative)
2. moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
• Similar to:
moderating

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  debilitative, enervating, enfeebling