weakened

1. 1.

   impaired by diminution

   Synonymsdiminishedlessenedvitiated

   Similarimpaired
2. 2.

   made weak or weaker

   Similarweak
3. 3.

   reduced in strength

   “the faded tones of an old recording”

   Synonymsattenuateattenuatedfaded

   Similardecreased
4. 4.

   mixed with water

   “sold cut whiskey”

   “a cup of thinned soup”

   Synonymscutthinned

   Similardiluted
5. 5.

   damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value

   Synonymshurt

   Similardamaged

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.