- Types Of Speech
- You can use weaken as a verb in a sentence.
- About Weaken
- A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters a, e, k, n, and w, 3 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ak. Weaken starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters w, we, wea, weak, weake, and the ending characters are n, en, ken, aken, eaken, ..
- Definition
- Become weaker; "The prisoner''s resistance weakened after seven days"
- Scrabble
- Is weaken a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Weaken in Pig Latin is said as "eakenway or eakenwway".
- Unigram
- w | e | a | k | e | n
- Bigram
- we | ea | ak | ke | en
- Trigram
- wea | eak | ake | ken
- Quadrigram
- weak | eake | aken
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- become weaker;
"The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" - lessen the strength of;
"The fever weakened his body" - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of;
"de-escalate a crisis" - lessen in force or effect;
"soften a shock";
"break a fall" - destroy property or hinder normal operations;
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
Synonym | Definition |
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Abate | become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours" |
Acerbate | make sour or bitter |
Afflict | cause bodily suffering to |
After Part | |
Aggravate | make worse "This drug aggravates the pain" |
Ail | aromatic bulb used as seasoning |
Allay | satisfy (thirst) "The cold water quenched his thirst" |
Alleviate | provide physical relief, as from pain "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
Appease | make peace with |
Assuage | provide physical relief, as from pain "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Weaken
Antonym | Definition |
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Strengthen | give a healthy elasticity to "Let''s tone our muscles" |
Anagram | Definition |
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Weaken | become weaker "The prisoner''s resistance weakened after seven days" |
View English words with the unique letters used in weaken. Words With The Letters Aeknw
Word | Definition |
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Weakening | the act of reducing the strength of something |
Word | Definition |
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Decrease | the act of decreasing or reducing something |
Diminish | decrease in size, extent, or range "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester" "The cabin pressure fell dramatically" "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds" "his voice fell to a whisper" |
Fall | the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions) "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" |
Lessen | decrease in size, extent, or range "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester" "The cabin pressure fell dramatically" "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds" "his voice fell to a whisper" |
Word | Definition |
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Attenuate | become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude |
Blur | a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz" |
Collapse | the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop" |
Die Down | |
Dim | become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" |
Disappear | become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm" |
Dull | make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel" |
Fade | gradually ceasing to be visible |
Languish | become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" |
Lessen | decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
View All Hyponyms For Weaken
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Knawe (5 letters) | 12 | 13 | waken | ||
Awaken (6 letters) | 13 | 14 | awaken | ||
Waken (5 letters) | 12 | 13 | waken | ||
Weaken (6 letters) | 13 | 14 | weaken |
Weaken Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With W
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters