weaken
US/ˈwikən/
weaken verb: to make weaker or less strong.
Verb
weaken (third-person singular simple present weakens, present participle weakening, simple past and past participle weakened)
- To make weaker or less strong.
- weaken a bond
- weaken a joint
- Synonyms:
- emasculate
- To become weaker or less strong.
- Over the years my enthusiasm for the job has weakened.
- My friends, we are confronted with a serious situation. But it is typical of the security problems of the world today. Powerful and aggressive forces are constantly probing, now here, now there, to see whether the free world is weakened. In the face of this, there are no easy choices available. It...1958, President Dwight Eisenhower, 3:06 from the start, in President Eisenhower Speaks On The Formosa Situation (1958), British Pathé
weaken meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
weaken in Hindi
- कमजोर करना
weaken in Tamil
- பலவீனப்படுத்த
weaken in Marathi
- कमकुवत करणे
weaken in Urdu
- چہرا اترنا, کمزور ہونا, کمزور کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- weaken in Bengali
- দুর্বল করা, দুর্বল করে দেওয়া
- weaken in Telugu
- బలహీనపరచడానికి
- weaken in Malayalam
- ക്ഷയിക്കുക kṣayikkuka, വരളുക varaḷuka, നശിക്കുക naśikkuka
- weaken in Kannada
- ಸೊಪ್ಪು, ಕಳಲು, ಬಲಂಗೆಡು
- weaken in Punjabi
- کھرنا khurnā, ڈھانا ḍhāṇā
- weaken in Odia
- ଦୁର୍ବଳ କରିବା
- weaken in Sanskrit
- जासयति jāsayati
- weaken in Nepali
- कमजोर पार्नुहोस्
Examples of weaken in a sentence
- The word weak is a simplex. Its derivative weaken is not.
- Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening through parcellation and civil wars between the heirs.
- His commitment to remaining a flat-earther seems to be strengthened by counterarguments rather than weakened by them.
Synonyms of weaken
Forms of weaken
| third-person singular present | weakens |
|---|---|
| present participle | weakening |
| past participle | weakened |
| past | weakened |
Origin of weaken
From weak + -en.
Words formed from weaken
Words that rhyme with weaken
Questions about weaken
- What does weaken mean?
- Weaken means to make weaker or less strong.
- What is weaken in Hindi?
- Weaken in Hindi is कमजोर करना. See Weaken meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is weaken?
- Weaken is a verb.
- How do you pronounce weaken?
- Weaken is pronounced /ˈwikən/ (US).
- What is the past tense of weaken?
- The past tense of weaken is weakened.
Words near weaken in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: weaken (page history and authors); weaken (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); weaken (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); weaken (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); weaken (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); weaken (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); weaken (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ക്ഷയിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); weaken (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ڈھانا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); weaken (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); weaken (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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