Synonyms for impair
ɪmˈpɛərim·pair

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1. impair

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, deteriorate, harm, injure, mar, spoil, tarnish, vitiate

   Antonyms:
   advance, ameliorate, amend, better, cleanse, correct, emend, improve, make better, meliorate, mend, mitigate, purify, rectify, reform, repair

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1. impair

   Synonyms:
   deteriorate, injure, reduce, damage, enfeeble, vitiate, diminish, lessen

   Antonyms:
   enhance, improve, augment, repair

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. impairverb

   make worse or less effective

   "His vision was impaired"

   Synonyms:
   mar, deflower, spoil, vitiate

2. 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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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. impairverb

   Synonyms:
   deteriorate, injure, vitiate, make worse

2. impairverb

   Synonyms:
   lessen, diminish, decrease, make less

3. impairverb

   Synonyms:
   weaken, enfeeble, enervate

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1. List of paraphrases for "impair":

   undermine, affect, harm, jeopardize, hinder, hamper, impede, prejudice, damage, alter, weaken, infringe

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How to use impair in a sentence?

1. Thomas Davis:

   I did so with the intent both to impair the integrity of the cellular phone and to make it unavailable for any subsequent criminal proceeding.

2. Krystal Kenney:

   I learned that Patrick Frazee had committed a homicide on approximately Nov. 22, 2018 in Teller County. I knew that law enforcement would be investigating that crime. I moved the victim's cell phone with the intent to impair the phone's availability in the investigation.

3. Martinez Fischer:

   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.

4. Seneca:

   Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

5. Ryan Pack:

   You don't have senses so you can impair them with drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. You don't have a life so you can make bad decisions and harm yourself and or others, smarten up.