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

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1. List of paraphrases for "weakening":

   undermining, weakness, erosion, dilution, softening, eroding

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1. Elaine Pearson:

   The urgent priority is for a peaceful transition of power that respects rights and addresses the root causes of the political and economic crisis which is ultimately about a lack of accountability, corruption and the weakening of institutions that were meant to provide a check on power, if a more stable government... can not be established, the risks are of a humanitarian crisis as well as greater violence and repression.

2. Frederic Neumann:

   Growth keeps slowing ... Lower commodity prices, including oil, partly reflect weakening demand itself. In addition, the downturn in mining capex and the declining income of commodity producers is weighing on exports from Asia.

3. Yoon Suk Yeol:

   The most urgent task of our time is to strengthen the supply chain’s resilience based on reciprocal solidarity, the pandemic, geopolitical conflicts, the rivalry for technological hegemony, and the weakening multilateral trade system have led to the fragmentation of the global supply chain, causing it to reshape.

4. Jeffrey Rosenberg:

   While monetary policy alone cannot, in our assessment, address the fundamental issues underlying today's credit cycle -excess capacity in the commodity sectors - the possibility of easing the pressure of a stronger dollar on weakening commodity prices and shrinking liquidity may for a short time relieve some of the negative sentiment that our longer-run outlook reflects.

5. Comptroller Thomas Curry:

   The actual loan terms and covenants are weakening.