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Synonyms for weakening
weak·en·ing

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  1. weakeningnoun

    becoming weaker

    Antonyms:
    strengthening, intensifying, invigorating

  2. weakeningadjective

    the act of reducing the strength of something

    Antonyms:
    strengthening, invigorating, intensifying

  3. debilitative, enervating, enfeebling, weakeningadjective

    causing debilitation

    Synonyms:
    enervating, debilitative, enfeebling

    Antonyms:
    strengthening, invigorating, intensifying

  4. weakeningadjective

    moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

    Synonyms:
    enervating, debilitative, enfeebling

    Antonyms:
    strengthening, intensifying, invigorating

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  1. weakeningadjective

    Synonyms:
    debilitant, diluent, attenuant

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "weakening":

    undermining, weakness, erosion, dilution, softening, eroding

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#10237erosion
#10957weakness
#20278dilution
#28133weakening
#30431undermining
#33160softening
#45535eroding
#248825enervating

How to use weakening in a sentence?

  1. Mario Draghi:

    The weakening in economic data points to a sizeable reduction in the pace of economic expansion that will extend into the current year.

  2. Giuseppe Sersale:

    For once, there is a bit of uncertainty on the outcome, the pandemic’s fury and some weakening in macro data are seen as good reasons to take action. Personally I don’t believe (the Fed has) reasons to change the current stance.

  3. John Olds:

    Donald Trump obviously still has a hold on a good bit of Republican Party, but I think that hold is certainly weakening, just speaking with activists on the ground and seeing what happened in Virginia, you can tell that Republican Party still values electability, and since the former President lost, his brand is not as associated with electability.

  4. Dilma Rousseff:

    The current reality leads us to reiterate our determination to implement within Petrobras the most efficient compliance and corporate governance structure at a Brazilian state-owned company ever, we have to investigate thoroughly, but without weakening Petrobras.

  5. Sian Fenner:

    The weakening trend in Chinese import demand weighed heavily on exports across the rest of the region, we expect exports to remain under pressure.

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