PROSTRATED Synonyms: 204 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in weak

lacking bodily strength patients should expect to feel very prostrated after the surgery

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prostrated

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verb

past tense of prostrate

as in weakened

to diminish the physical strength of an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia

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as in paralyzed

to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine

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as in overwhelmed

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress a widow prostrated by crushing grief

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as in downed

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the boxer bragged that he could prostrate any opponent with a single blow

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So is Sweden’s Yasin Ayari, who prostrated himself on the field to thank God after the first of his two goals in a victory Sunday over Tunisia — his father’s homeland. — ABC News, 18 June 2026 Groypers believe that for decades America has prostrated itself to immigrants and foreign nations at the expense of its own languishing citizens. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

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Still, the opposite tack—sanctions and isolation—has neither made the Iranian regime weaker nor made its behavior better.

— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
And it should never be used to paper over weak management, chronic overload, or unresolved conflict.

— Rick Tollakson, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of weak

Verb

All three, the panel noted, have weakened or dropped earlier pledges to halt development on their own if certain red lines came into view, and in recent years softened their resistance to military uses.

— Harry Booth, Time, 7 July 2026
It is weakened by surprises, side channels, performative challenge and unclear authority.

— David Ribott, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of weakened

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After surviving a dramatic 3–2 extra-time victory over Senegal in the Round of 32, the Belgians overwhelmed the USMNT, which had advanced in a 2–0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
The Americans played sloppy and ugly soccer in the first half, and Belgium overwhelmed the home side.

— Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of overwhelmed

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Please send your reports of hail or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Wilmington at 1 800 697 3901.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026
In other National Women’s Soccer League games, the Orlando Pride downed the Kansas City Current 3-0; the Boston Legacy beat the Chicago Stars 2-0; and Bay FC topped Racing Louisville 2-0.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of downed

Adjective

Lei's team propose that this glitch either strengthened or reoriented, or both, the magnetic field of the Blue Eye Pulsar sufficiently to trigger radio emissions, or at least make feeble radio waves that were already there detectable.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2026
Gin up such a feeble procedural explanation for the sudden reversal that the entire sporting globe becomes incensed over the garbage-y scent of an inside job.

— Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Definition of feeble

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Data loss via staff cuts Widespread staff cuts starting in early 2025 across the Department of Health and Human Services, which houses the CDC, crippled much of the agency’s data collection and dissemination.

— John Kubale, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
In the nation’s gravest hour, the country’s authoritarian regime has crippled an effective response, say survivors, rescue workers and former officials.

— Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 1 July 2026

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