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prostrated

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of prostrated

lacking bodily strength

patients should expect to feel very prostrated after the surgery

Synonyms of prostrated

asthenic, debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, languid, low, prostrate, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy

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challenged, disabled, incapacitated, invalid

paralyzed

broken-down, decrepit

impotent, powerless

breakable, flimsy, fragile

dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy

drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, lame, unsound

resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of prostrated

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular, sinewy, strapping, virile

hard, hardy, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy, tough

fortified, hardened, inured, strengthened, toughened

energetic, energized, invigorated, vigorous, vitalized

hale, healthy, sound

capable, competent

convalescing, recovering, recuperating

Antonyms of prostrated

mighty, powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong

prostrated

verb , past tense of prostrate

Synonyms and Antonyms of prostrated

1 to diminish the physical strength of

an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia

Synonyms of prostrated

debilitated, devitalized, enervated, enfeebled, etiolated, sapped, softened, tired, wasted, weakened

Words Related to prostrated

crippled, disabled, hamstrung, incapacitated

depleted, depressed, exhausted, impoverished, unmanned, washed out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, invalided, laid up

broke down, ground (down), wore down, wore out

paralyzed

Near Antonyms of prostrated

energized, invigorated, recruited, rejuvenated, vitalized

hardened, seasoned, toughened

Antonyms of prostrated

beefed (up), fortified, strengthened

2 to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move

the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine

Synonyms of prostrated

crippled, disabled, hamstrung, immobilized, incapacitated, paralyzed

Words Related to prostrated

attenuated, debilitated, enervated, enfeebled, sapped, tired, undercut, undermined, weakened

hobbled, lamed

maimed, mutilated

knocked out

Near Antonyms of prostrated

energized, galvanized, invigorated, vitalized

fortified, strengthened

empowered

freshened, refreshed, refreshened, regenerated, rejuvenated, restored, revitalized, revived

3 to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress

a widow prostrated by crushing grief

Synonyms of prostrated

crushed, devastated, floored, ground (down), oppressed, overcame, overmastered, overpowered, overwhelmed, snowed under, swamped, whelmed

Words Related to prostrated

deluged, drowned, sank (or sunk)

confuted, defeated, refuted

broke, demoralized, distressed, disturbed, rocked, shattered, staggered, threw, unmanned, unnerved, upset

4 to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall

the boxer bragged that he could prostrate any opponenent with a single blow

Synonyms of prostrated

bowled (down or over), downed, dropped, felled, floored, knocked down, knocked over, leveled (or levelled), mowed (down)

Words Related to prostrated

kayoed, knocked out, KO'd

overthrew, threw down, toppled

banged, bashed, belted, bludgeoned, clobbered, hammered, hit, jabbed, pasted, poked, pounded, punched, slammed, slapped, slogged, slugged, smacked, smote, socked, swatted, swiped, thumped, thwacked, walloped, whacked, whaled

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