weakened

Other forms of weakened

comparative

weakenedder·

superlative

weakeneddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about weakened

What does weakened mean?

weakened means "impaired by diminution". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in weakened?

weakened has 2 syllables: weake-ned. The stress falls on "weake". In IPA it is /ˈwikənd/.

What is another word for weakened?

Close synonyms include diminished, lessened, vitiated, attenuate, attenuated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weakened a common word?

weakened is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.