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Synonyms for impair
ɪmˈpɛərim·pair
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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impairverb
make worse or less effective
"His vision was impaired"
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiateverb
make imperfect
"nothing marred her beauty"
Synonyms:
pamper, frustrate, debase, scotch, botch, bilk, baby, itch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, deflower, demoralise, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, screw up, pervert, demoralize, fumble, flub, rape, thwart, ruin, ball up, subvert, featherbed, bollocks up, plunder, bollocks, baffle, mess up, despoil, vitiate, invalidate, louse up, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, violate, mutilate, void, deprave, cocker, misdirect, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bobble, profane, coddle, bollix up, debauch, cosset, bollix, corrupt, bodge
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#669 | baby | |
#772 | mar | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1605 | rape | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2266 | damage | |
#2448 | void | |
#2540 | blow | |
#3140 | affect | |
#6159 | harm | |
#7413 | alter | |
#10456 | prejudice | |
#10816 | foil | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#12746 | violate | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#17024 | scotch | |
#17827 | undermine | |
#20396 | indulge | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#21475 | diminish | |
#22854 | hinder | |
#23611 | hamper | |
#25048 | lessen | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#25560 | impair | |
#26507 | itch | |
#26944 | bobble | |
#27548 | infringe | |
#27618 | cocker | |
#28828 | bumble | |
#29400 | impede | |
#29630 | fluff | |
#30892 | fumble | |
#31815 | pamper | |
#32543 | profane | |
#33911 | muff | |
#34032 | invalidate | |
#34306 | injure | |
#34734 | pervert | |
#35532 | jeopardize | |
#36264 | thwart | |
#37254 | plunder | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#43554 | blemish | |
#47884 | depress | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#51950 | tarnish | |
#53610 | bollocks | |
#55038 | aggravate | |
#63134 | bungle | |
#99054 | featherbed | |
#102812 | mutilate | |
#104177 | botch | |
#120061 | bilk | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#162842 | coddle | |
#162847 | debase | |
#163167 | demoralize | |
#212610 | debauch | |
#220019 | flub | |
#228192 | despoil | |
#231784 | bodge | |
#232391 | misdirect | |
#284974 | deflower | |
#315643 | mishandle |
How to use impair in a sentence?
Policies barring participation in interrogation and force feeding are necessary to enable health professionals to fulfill ethical obligations adopted by the health professions to avoid inflicting harm, to be loyal to their patients, and to exercise independent professional judgment, adherence to these ethical standards protects the rights of members of the military and detainees in military custody and also makes our military stronger by avoiding a gulf between military and civilian medicine that could impair recruiting of well qualified health professionals.
These stress-signaling pathways get released and they rapidly impair the higher cognitive functions of the prefrontal cortex that includes things like working memory, with chronic stress, you actually lose gray matter in the prefrontal cortex, in sadly the exact regions that are involved with inhibiting the stress response and those areas that give you insight that you’re needing help.
The men and women of the Texas House, many of whom are Black and Brown Democrats, are not animals or property to be corralled by law enforcement and cabined against our will. It is morally wrong to believe otherwise. We will not allow our democracy to devolve into dictatorship ; we will use every tool necessary to defend Texas Constitution, angry Republican threats to dispatch troopers to arrest, cuff, shackle, drag in, and cabin duly-elected lawmakers isn't just meant to chill our speech and impair our ability to represent our districts, it has left our families, friends, and neighbors anxious for our wellbeing and safety.
(Chicago's law) doesn't diminish and impair pensions, it saves pensions, that argument has not been addressed.
Such an event could lead investors to withdraw from short-term funding markets more broadly, which could impair the ability of large financial firms to serve as financial intermediaries.
Translations for impair
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- vermindern, beeinträchtigen, verschlechtern, schwächen, schädigen, beschädigen, schmälernGerman
- descomponer, empeorar, deteriorarSpanish
- خدشه دار کردنPersian
- haitata, heikentääFinnish
- affaiblir, abîmer, détériorerFrench
- domajarIdo
- beschadigen, verzwakken, verslechterenDutch
- piorar, diminuir, enfraquecer, prejudicar, empiorarPortuguese
- ослаблятьRussian
- azaltmak, zayıflatmak, zarar vermek, sınırlamak, kötüleştirmekTurkish
- 妨害Chinese
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