Need another word that means the same as “attenuated”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “attenuated” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Attenuated” are: attenuate, faded, weakened, reduced, lessened, decreased, diminished, impaired, enervated, thin, slender, slim, skinny, spindly, bony, gaunt, skeletal
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “attenuated” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
attenuate | Reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness. The doctrines of Christianity became very attenuate and distorted. |
bony | (of a fish eaten as food) having many bones. The bony plates that protect turtles and tortoises. |
decreased | Made less in size or amount or degree. |
diminished | Of an organ or body part diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use. She felt diminished by the report. |
enervated | Lacking energy or vitality. Daniel felt too enervated to resist. |
faded | Having lost freshness or brilliance of color. Faded jeans. |
gaunt | (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age. A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys. |
impaired | Having a disability of a specified kind. Impaired driving charges. |
lessened | Impaired by diminution. |
reduced | Well below normal (especially in price. |
skeletal | Relating to or functioning as a skeleton. A small skeletal boy clothed in rags. |
skinny | Giving or spending with reluctance. I love jeans either bootcut or skinny. |
slender | Being of delicate or slender build Frank Norris. She was slender as a willow shoot is slender. |
slim | Of a garment cut on slender lines designed to make the wearer appear slim. A slim majority of sixteen. |
spindly | Weak or insubstantial in construction. Spindly chairs. |
thin | Relatively thin in consistency or low in density not viscous. A thin line of paint. |
weakened | Impaired by diminution. |
adulterate | Not pure or genuine. Adulterate liquor. |
adulterated | Mixed with impurities. |
blend | The act of blending components together thoroughly. This flavor will blend with those in your dish. |
chemically | With respect to chemistry. Drugs and alcohol offered a chemically induced sense of belonging. |
counteract | Oppose or check by a counteraction. Should we deliberately intervene in the climate system to counteract global warming. |
dampen | Make moist. Slider switches on the mixers can dampen the drums. |
deaden | Deprive of force or vitality; stultify. Deaden a sound. |
debilitate | Make weak. Hard drugs destroy families and debilitate communities. |
decline | Go down in value. Her health began to decline. |
dilute | Reduce the value of (a shareholding) by issuing more shares in a company without increasing the values of its assets. A dilute solution of potassium permanganate. |
diminish | Make or become less. The pain will gradually diminish. |
diminished | Of an organ or body part diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use. A diminished fifth. |
emasculate | Castrate (a man or male animal). In his mind her success emasculated him. |
enervate | Disturb the composure of. The enervate slightness of his frail form. |
enfeeble | Make weak. Sickness had enfeebled me. |
faded | Reduced in strength. Faded jeans. |
fading | Weakening in force or intensity. |
fatigued | Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. |
hydrolyze | Undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water. |
lessen | Make or become less; diminish. The warmth of the afternoon lessened. |
rarefy | Lessen the density or solidity of. As the shell continues to expand and rarefy astronomers may eventually be able to see characteristic gamma rays from the radioactivity within. |
reduce | Reduce in size reduce physically. It is difficult to understand how lava could have been reduced to dust. |
reduced | Made less in size or amount or degree. |
sabotage | A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged. Power lines from South Africa were sabotaged by rebel forces. |
size | Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing a glutinous substance. Size gives body to a fabric. |
thinner | A volatile solvent used to make paint or other solutions less viscous. Dampen a clean rag with thinners and carefully wipe any remaining dust from the timber. |
undermine | Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously. The demolition engineers did eventually undermine two of the tower s six sides. |
unsettle | Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb. The crisis has unsettled financial markets. |
wane | (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size. Interest in his novels waned. |
weaken | Lessen the strength of. The prisoner s resistance weakened after seven days. |
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