Synonyms and Antonyms of weakened
1
containing foreign or lower-grade substances
- the pharmacist, motivated by pure greed, would pass off the weakened drugs to unsuspecting customers, some of whom had life-threatening illnesses
unclarified, unfiltered, unrefined
befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, corrupted, debased, defiled, dirtied, fouled, maculate (or maculated), soiled, spoiled, sullied
blended, commingled, incorporated, intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingled, mixed
coalesced, combined, compounded
cheapened, doctored
clarified, filtered, purified, refined, ultrarefined
neat, plain, straight
concentrated, strong
uncombined
pasteurized
sterile, sterilized
clean, immaculate, spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied
fine, pure, ultrapure, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncontaminated, uncut, undiluted, unmixed, unpolluted, untainted
2
lacking bodily strength
- left weakened by a prolonged illness
asthenic, debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, languid, low, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, wimpish, wimpy
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
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
3
lacking strength of will or character
- the nation's people, weakened by years of tyranny, tended to automatically obey anyone with an authoritative manner
characterless, effete, frail, invertebrate, limp-wristed, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, nerveless, soft, spineless, weak, weak-kneed, weakling, wet [British], wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washy
flabby, flaccid, forceless, ineffective, ineffectual
impotent, impuissant, powerless
emasculated, unnerved
lamblike, meek, pliable, submissive
corrupt, dastardly, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous
cowardly, craven, fainthearted, lily-livered, nebbishy, poltroon, pusillanimous, sissy, timid
infirm, irresolute, vacillating
ethical, good, moral, principled, right, righteous, upright, virtuous
determined, mettlesome, resolute, unrelenting
courageous, stalwart, stouthearted
4
not containing very much of some important element
- some experts recommend that runners drink a weakened mixture of juice and water
