weakening

The word “weakening” has 3 syllables: weak-en-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈwiː.kə.nɪŋ/

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In the thesaurus, “weakening” has 232 synonyms and 92 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for weakening along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for weakening

abatement
abating
abrasion
adulterating
alleviation
atrophy
attenuating
attenuation
backflow
backsliding
befouling
breaking down
cheapening
collapsing
comedown
contaminating
contraction
corrupting
counterfeiting
crippling
cropper
crumbling
curtailment
cut
cutback
cutting
damaging
deadening
debasing
debilitating
debilitation
debility
decay
decaying
declension
decline
declining
decrease
decreasing
decrepitude
deduction
defiling
degeneracy
degenerating
degeneration
degrading
deleterious
depleting
depletion
depreciating
depreciation
depressing
descending
descent
deteriorating
deterioration
devaluing
devitalization
devitalizing
devolution
diluting
diminishing
diminution
dirtying
disabling
disintegration
dissolution
dive
doctoring
downfall
downgrade
downturn
draining
drooping
droopy
drop
dropping
dwindling
dying down
ebb
ebbing
emaciating
enervating
enervation
enfeeblement
enfeebling
envenoming
erosion
etiolating
exhausting
exhaustion
extending
fading
fading away
failing
failure
faking
fall
fall-off
falling-off
falsifying
fatigued
feebleness
flagging
flop
fouling
frailness
frailty
fudging
going
going out
grinding
hamstringing
harming
hurting
impairing
impoverishing
impoverishment
incapacitating
infecting
injuring
injurious
insalubrious
invaliding
lacing
lagging
languishing
languorous
lapse
laying up
leaden
lessening
lethargic
lightening
limp
limping
listless
loading
losing momentum
low tide
low water
lowering
manipulating
markdown
misrepresenting
moderating
narrowing
noxious
numbing
on the skids
outward flow
paralyzing
pernicious
petering out
plummeting
plunging
poisoning
polluting
pratfall
prostrating
qualifying
quieting
recession
reduction
refluence
reflux
regression
relapse
retreat
retrenchment
retrocession
retroflux
rotting
rubbing
running down
sagging
sapping
senility
setback
settling
shrinkage
shrinking
shriveling up
sinking
skids
slackening
slacking
sliding
slipping
slowing
slump
slumping
softening
soiling
sophisticating
spiking
spiritless
spoiling
subsidence
subsiding
sullying
sweep
tainting
tempering
thinning
tired
tiring
toppling
tottering
tumbling
unhealthful
unhealthy
unmanning
unwholesome
wane
waning
washing out
wasting
watering down
weak
weakness
wear
wearing down
wearing off
wearing out
wearying
wilting
withdrawal
withering
worsening
write-down
yielding

Antonyms for weakening

ability
accomplishment
achievement
addition
advance
ascent
augmenting
bettering
betterment
bracing
building
clarifying
cleaning
cleansing
comeback
compacting
concentrating
condensing
conditioning
convalescing
cordial
decontaminating
development
distilling
energized
energizing
enhancing
enlargement
enriching
expansion
fertilizing
filtering
flow
flushing
fortifying
gaining
growth
happiness
hardening
health
improvement
improving
incline
increase
increasing
invigorating
invigoration
larding
leaching
life-giving
pasteurizing
progress
purging
purifying
raise
rally
rallying
rebounding
recovering
recovery
recruiting
recuperating
recuperation
reenforcing
refining
refreshed
refreshing
rehabilitation
reinforcing
rejuvenating
rejuvenation
rejuvenescence
restorative
revitalization
reviving
richening
rise
rising
seasoning
snapback
stimulating
stimulative
strength
strengthening
success
supplementing
tonic
toughening
upgrade
vigor
vital
vitalizing

Meanings of weakening

verb
1. To make weaker or less strong.
2. To become weaker or less strong.
noun
1. An instance or process of loss of strength.
2. A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.

Example Sentences

The hurricane is weakening as it approaches the coast.
He felt his grip slowly weakening during the climb.
The new policy is aimed at weakening the opposition's influence.
Over time, rust is weakening the metal frame.
Her health is weakening due to the lack of proper nutrition.

On this page you'll find 324 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to weakening, such as: abatement, abating, ability, abrasion, accomplishment, achievement, addition.

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