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thin skinned
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impair
collapse
make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abstract
,
abuse
,
afflict
,
aggravate
,
aggrieve
,
bate
,
befoul
,
bewitch
,
blemish
,
blight
,
condemn
,
corrupt
,
cripple
,
crucify
,
curse
,
curtail
,
damage
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
defile
,
deprave
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
despoil
,
destroy
,
deteriorate
,
detract
,
dilapidate
,
diminish
,
disadvantage
,
disparage
,
disserve
,
distress
,
do a mischief
,
do evil
,
do ill
,
do wrong
,
do wrong by
,
doom
,
drain
,
eat away
,
embitter
,
endamage
,
envenom
,
erode
,
exacerbate
,
extract
,
file away
,
get into trouble
,
harass
,
harm
,
hex
,
hurt
,
infect
,
injure
,
irritate
,
jinx
,
leach
,
lessen
,
make worse
,
maltreat
,
mar
,
menace
,
mistreat
,
molest
,
outrage
,
persecute
,
play havoc with
,
play hob with
,
poison
,
pollute
,
prejudice
,
purify
,
put back
,
reduce
,
refine
,
remove
,
retrench
,
rub away
,
ruin
,
sap
,
savage
,
scathe
,
shorten
,
spoil
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
taint
,
take away
,
take from
,
tarnish
,
thin
,
thin out
,
threaten
,
torment
,
torture
,
undermine
,
violate
,
vitiate
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
worsen
,
wound
,
wreak havoc on
,
wrong
thinned
collapse
related words >
adulterated
,
airy
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
cut
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
ethereal
,
fine
,
flimsy
,
gaseous
,
insubstantial
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
reduced
,
slight
,
subtile
,
subtle
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thinned-out
,
uncompact
,
uncompressed
,
unsubstantial
,
vaporous
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
windy
peekaboo
collapse
a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!
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clear
,
clear as crystal
,
crystal
,
crystal-clear
,
crystalline
,
diaphane
,
diaphanous
,
filmy
,
gauzy
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
light-pervious
,
limpid
,
lucid
,
nonopaque
,
pellucid
,
revealing
,
see-through
,
sheer
,
thin
,
transparent
,
transpicuous
,
unclouded
weaken
collapse
become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
related words >
abate
,
afflict
,
aggravate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
bate
,
beat
,
blunt
,
break
,
bugger
,
burn out
,
cave in
,
chasten
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
constrain
,
control
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
crumble
,
cut
,
damage
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
de-energize
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
decline
,
dematerialize
,
derange
,
deteriorate
,
devitalize
,
dilapidate
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
disable
,
disedge
,
disembody
,
disenable
,
disintegrate
,
disorder
,
do in
,
do up
,
downplay
,
drain
,
draw the teeth
,
droop
,
drop
,
dull
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
emasculate
,
embitter
,
endamage
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
etherealize
,
eviscerate
,
exacerbate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fade
,
fag
,
fag out
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall short
,
fatigue
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
frazzle
,
give out
,
give way
,
go downhill
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
gruel
,
hamstring
,
harass
,
harm
,
hit the skids
,
honeycomb
,
hors de combat
,
hospitalize
,
hurt
,
impair
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
indispose
,
injure
,
invalid
,
irritate
,
jade
,
keep within bounds
,
kibosh
,
knock out
,
knock up
,
lame
,
languish
,
lay
,
lay low
,
lay up
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lose strength
,
maim
,
make worse
,
minimize
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
obtund
,
overfatigue
,
overset
,
overstrain
,
overthrow
,
overtire
,
overturn
,
overweary
,
palliate
,
paralyze
,
peak
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pine
,
play down
,
poop
,
poop out
,
prostrate
,
put
,
put back
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
rarefy
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
remit
,
repress
,
restrain
,
retund
,
run down
,
sabotage
,
sap
,
sap the foundations
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shrink
,
sicken
,
sink
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soften up
,
spike
,
spiritualize
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
subtilize
,
subvert
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
thin
,
thin away
,
thin down
,
thin out
,
throw down
,
throw over
,
tire
,
tire out
,
tire to death
,
tone down
,
tucker
,
tune down
,
turn
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
underplay
,
unfit
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
upend
,
upset
,
use up
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
water
,
water down
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear down
,
wear on
,
wear out
,
wear thin
,
weary
,
wilt
,
wind
,
wing
,
wither
,
wither away
,
worsen
,
wreck
,
yield
sensitive
collapse
of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
related words >
accurate
,
acute
,
adaptable
,
affected
,
agitable
,
algetic
,
allergic
,
anaphylactic
,
angry
,
appreciative
,
attuned
,
aware
,
bendable
,
bending
,
burning
,
censorious
,
chafed
,
choicy
,
choosy
,
cognizant
,
compliant
,
conscientious
,
conscious
,
critical
,
delicate
,
differential
,
discriminate
,
discriminating
,
discriminative
,
disposed
,
distinctive
,
distinguishing
,
ductile
,
edgy
,
elastic
,
emotionable
,
emotional
,
emotionally unstable
,
empathetic
,
empathic
,
eruptive
,
exact
,
exacting
,
excitable
,
explosive
,
exposed
,
extensible
,
extensile
,
fabricable
,
facile
,
fastidious
,
feeling
,
festering
,
fictile
,
fiery
,
fine
,
flexible
,
flexile
,
flexuous
,
formable
,
formative
,
galled
,
giving
,
goosy
,
high-mettled
,
high-spirited
,
high-strung
,
highly emotional
,
hot-tempered
,
hyperesthetic
,
hyperpathic
,
hypersensitive
,
impressed
,
impressible
,
impressionable
,
inclined
,
inflamed
,
inflammable
,
influenced
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
irritated
,
itchy
,
keen
,
knowing
,
like putty
,
limber
,
lissome
,
lithe
,
lithesome
,
malleable
,
meticulous
,
mettlesome
,
miffy
,
moldable
,
nervous
,
nice
,
obnoxious
,
open
,
overrefined
,
oversensible
,
oversensitive
,
overtender
,
particular
,
passible
,
perceiving
,
perceptive
,
perfectionistic
,
perturbable
,
petulant
,
picky
,
plastic
,
pliable
,
pliant
,
precarious
,
precise
,
precisianistic
,
predisposed
,
prickly
,
priggish
,
prone
,
prudish
,
punctilious
,
puristic
,
puritanic
,
quarrelsome
,
quick-tempered
,
rankling
,
raw
,
reactive
,
receptive
,
red
,
refined
,
responsive
,
scrupulous
,
seeing
,
selective
,
sensational
,
sensatory
,
sensible
,
sensile
,
sensimotor
,
sensorial
,
sensorimotor
,
sensory
,
sensual
,
sensuous
,
sentient
,
sequacious
,
shapable
,
sharp
,
skittish
,
smarting
,
soft
,
softhearted
,
sore
,
springy
,
startlish
,
strict
,
subject
,
submissive
,
subtle
,
supersensitive
,
supple
,
susceptible
,
susceptive
,
sympathetic
,
tactful
,
temperamental
,
tender
,
tenderhearted
,
tense
,
testy
,
tetchy
,
thin-skinned
,
ticklish
,
tingling
,
touchy
,
tractable
,
tractile
,
tricky
,
understanding
,
unstable
,
volatile
,
volcanic
,
vulnerable
,
warmhearted
,
whippy
,
willowy
,
yielding
sparsely
collapse
in a sparse manner; "sparsely inhabited"
related words >
at infrequent intervals
,
at large
,
diffusely
,
dispersedly
,
everywhere
,
exiguously
,
hardly
,
hardly ever
,
here and there
,
in all quarters
,
in places
,
in spots
,
infrequently
,
meagerly
,
not often
,
passim
,
piddlingly
,
rarely
,
scantily
,
scarcely
,
scarcely ever
,
scrimpily
,
seldom
,
skimpily
,
sparingly
,
sparsim
,
sporadically
,
spottily
,
stingily
,
thin
,
throughout
,
uncommonly
,
unfrequently
,
unoften
,
very seldom
,
wherever you look
insubstantial
collapse
lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"
related words >
adulterated
,
airy
,
asomatous
,
astral
,
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
bodiless
,
boyish
,
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
chimerical
,
corruptible
,
cut
,
dangerous
,
decarnate
,
decarnated
,
deciduous
,
decrepit
,
defalcation
,
deficiency
,
deficit
,
delicate
,
desultory
,
diaphanous
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
discarnate
,
disembodied
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
ethereal
,
evanescent
,
extramundane
,
fading
,
false
,
fancied
,
fanciful
,
fantastic
,
feeble
,
fickle
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
finespun
,
fleeting
,
flimsy
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
gaseous
,
gauzy
,
ghostly
,
girlish
,
gossamer
,
gracile
,
hallucinatory
,
illusive
,
illusory
,
imaginary
,
imagined
,
immaterial
,
impalpable
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
imponderable
,
impulsive
,
inadequacy
,
inconclusive
,
inconstant
,
incorporate
,
incorporeal
,
infirm
,
insecure
,
insignificant
,
insufficiency
,
intangible
,
lack
,
lacy
,
light
,
metaphysical
,
misty
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonmaterial
,
nonpermanent
,
nonphysical
,
nonsubstantial
,
occult
,
otherworldly
,
paltry
,
papery
,
passing
,
paucity
,
perilous
,
perishable
,
phantasmal
,
phantom
,
poor
,
poverty
,
precarious
,
provisional
,
psychic
,
puny
,
rare
,
rarefied
,
risky
,
scant
,
scantiness
,
scarceness
,
shadowy
,
shaky
,
shifting
,
shifty
,
short-lived
,
shortage
,
slender
,
slenderish
,
slight
,
slight-made
,
slim
,
slimmish
,
slinky
,
slippery
,
small
,
spiritual
,
subtile
,
subtle
,
supernatural
,
svelte
,
sylphlike
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
tentative
,
tenuous
,
thin
,
thin-bodied
,
thin-set
,
thin-spun
,
thinned
,
thinned-out
,
thinnish
,
threadlike
,
ticklish
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
transmundane
,
treacherous
,
uncompact
,
uncompressed
,
unconcrete
,
undependable
,
underage
,
undurable
,
unearthly
,
unembodied
,
unenduring
,
unextended
,
unfaithworthy
,
unfleshly
,
unphysical
,
unproved
,
unreal
,
unreliable
,
unrigorous
,
unsolid
,
unsound
,
unstable
,
unsteadfast
,
unsteady
,
unsubstanced
,
unsubstantial
,
unsure
,
unsustained
,
untrustworthy
,
unworldly
,
vague
,
vaporous
,
visionary
,
volatile
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
weightless
,
willowy
,
windy
,
wiredrawn
,
wispy
filmy
collapse
related words >
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
beclouded
,
blear
,
bleared
,
bleary
,
blurred
,
blurry
,
clear
,
clear as crystal
,
clouded
,
cloudy
,
cobwebby
,
confused
,
crystal
,
crystal-clear
,
crystalline
,
dainty
,
dark
,
delicate
,
diaphane
,
diaphanous
,
dim
,
downy
,
faint
,
feeble
,
fine
,
fine-drawn
,
fine-grained
,
finespun
,
flimsy
,
fluffy
,
foggy
,
foliaceous
,
foliated
,
fuzzy
,
gauzy
,
gossamer
,
gossamery
,
half-seen
,
half-visible
,
hazy
,
ill-defined
,
in layers
,
inconspicuous
,
indefinite
,
indistinct
,
indistinguishable
,
insubstantial
,
lamellar
,
lamellate
,
lamellated
,
lamelliform
,
laminate
,
laminated
,
laminous
,
leaflike
,
leafy
,
light
,
light-pervious
,
limpid
,
low-profile
,
lucid
,
membranous
,
merely glimpsed
,
milky
,
misty
,
murky
,
nonopaque
,
obscure
,
opalescent
,
out of focus
,
pale
,
pearly
,
peekaboo
,
pellucid
,
pubescent
,
refined
,
revealing
,
satin
,
satiny
,
scummy
,
see-through
,
semivisible
,
shadowy
,
sheer
,
silky
,
smooth
,
spathic
,
spathose
,
stratified
,
stratiform
,
thin
,
thin-spun
,
three-ply
,
translucent
,
transparent
,
transpicuous
,
two-ply
,
uncertain
,
unclear
,
unclouded
,
undefined
,
unplain
,
unrecognizable
,
vague
,
velutinous
,
velvety
,
weak
,
wiredrawn
spiceless
collapse
related words >
dead
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
fade
,
flat
,
flavorless
,
gruelly
,
inane
,
indifferent
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
mild
,
milk-and-water
,
pappy
,
pulpy
,
sapless
,
savorless
,
stale
,
tasteless
,
thin
,
unflavored
,
unsavory
,
vapid
,
washy
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
wishy-washy
unflavored
collapse
without flavoring added
related words >
dead
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
fade
,
flat
,
flavorless
,
gruelly
,
inane
,
indifferent
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
mild
,
milk-and-water
,
pappy
,
pulpy
,
sapless
,
savorless
,
spiceless
,
stale
,
tasteless
,
thin
,
unsavory
,
vapid
,
washy
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
wishy-washy
confounded
collapse
related words >
Byzantine
,
absolute
,
addled
,
agape
,
aghast
,
agog
,
all agog
,
all up with
,
amazed
,
astonished
,
astounded
,
at a loss
,
at gaze
,
awed
,
awestruck
,
baffled
,
balled up
,
bamboozled
,
beat
,
beaten
,
beguiled
,
belied
,
bested
,
bewildered
,
bewitched
,
blamed
,
blankety-blank
,
blasted
,
blessed
,
breathless
,
buffaloed
,
captivated
,
complex
,
complicated
,
confused
,
confuted
,
convoluted
,
crabbed
,
cursed
,
cussed
,
dadburned
,
daedal
,
danged
,
darned
,
dashed
,
dazed
,
defeated
,
deflated
,
denied
,
deuced
,
devious
,
discarded
,
discomfited
,
discredited
,
dismayed
,
dismissed
,
disproved
,
disputed
,
doggone
,
doggoned
,
done for
,
done in
,
down
,
dumbfounded
,
dumbstruck
,
elaborate
,
embrangled
,
enchanted
,
enraptured
,
enravished
,
entangled
,
enthralled
,
entranced
,
execrable
,
exploded
,
exposed
,
fallen
,
fascinated
,
fixed
,
flabbergasted
,
floored
,
fouled up
,
fuddled
,
gaping
,
gauping
,
goldarned
,
goshdarn
,
gross
,
hors de combat
,
hypnotized
,
implicated
,
impugned
,
in a dilemma
,
in awe
,
in awe of
,
in suspense
,
infernal
,
intricate
,
invalidated
,
involuted
,
involved
,
knotted
,
labyrinthian
,
labyrinthine
,
lambasted
,
lathered
,
licked
,
lost in wonder
,
loused up
,
many-faceted
,
marveling
,
matted
,
mazy
,
meandering
,
mesmerized
,
messed up
,
mixed up
,
mucked up
,
muddled
,
multifarious
,
mystified
,
negated
,
negatived
,
nonplussed
,
on tenterhooks
,
on the skids
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
out-and-out
,
outdone
,
outright
,
overborne
,
overcome
,
overmastered
,
overmatched
,
overpowered
,
overridden
,
overthrown
,
overturned
,
overwhelmed
,
panicked
,
perplexed
,
popeyed
,
punctured
,
put to rout
,
puzzled
,
ramified
,
rank
,
rapt in wonder
,
refuted
,
rejected
,
roundabout
,
routed
,
ruddy
,
ruined
,
scattered
,
screwed up
,
settled
,
shocked
,
shown up
,
silenced
,
skinned
,
skinned alive
,
snarled
,
spellbound
,
staggered
,
stampeded
,
staring
,
straight-out
,
stuck
,
stumped
,
stupefied
,
subtle
,
surprised
,
tangled
,
tangly
,
thrown
,
thunderstruck
,
trimmed
,
trounced
,
twisted
,
under a charm
,
undone
,
unmitigated
,
upset
,
whelmed
,
whipped
,
wide-eyed
,
wonder-struck
,
wondering
,
worsted
anaphylaxis
collapse
hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
related words >
allergy
,
considerateness
,
delicacy
,
empathy
,
exquisiteness
,
fineness
,
hyperesthesia
,
hyperpathia
,
hypersensitivity
,
identification
,
irritability
,
nervousness
,
oversensibility
,
oversensitiveness
,
overtenderness
,
passibility
,
perceptiveness
,
perceptivity
,
photophobia
,
prickliness
,
responsiveness
,
sensitiveness
,
sensitivity
,
sensitization
,
soreness
,
supersensitivity
,
sympathy
,
tact
,
tactfulness
,
tenderness
,
tetchiness
,
thin skin
,
ticklishness
,
touchiness
bate
collapse
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abstract
,
alleviate
,
allow
,
attenuate
,
bar
,
be eaten away
,
blunt
,
charge off
,
close
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
count out
,
crumble
,
curtail
,
cut
,
debar
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deliquesce
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
detract
,
die away
,
die down
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disedge
,
disparage
,
dive
,
drain
,
draw the teeth
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dull
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
eat away
,
ebb
,
eliminate
,
erode
,
except
,
extenuate
,
extract
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
file away
,
impair
,
kick back
,
languish
,
leach
,
lessen
,
let down
,
let up
,
loose
,
loosen
,
make allowance
,
melt away
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
obtund
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
relax
,
remit
,
remove
,
repress
,
retrench
,
retund
,
rub away
,
rule out
,
run low
,
sag
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
sink
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
subduct
,
subside
,
subtract
,
suspend
,
tail off
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
taper
,
taper off
,
thin
,
thin out
,
turn
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
unstrain
,
unstring
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
water down
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
infrequent
collapse
not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper"
related words >
almost unheard-of
,
cheeseparing
,
chinchy
,
chintzy
,
exiguous
,
meager
,
miserly
,
niggardly
,
piddling
,
poor
,
rare
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scattered
,
scrimping
,
scrimpy
,
seldom met with
,
seldom seen
,
skimping
,
skimpy
,
slim
,
slow
,
sparse
,
spotty
,
sprinkled
,
stingy
,
thin
,
tight
,
uncommon
,
unfrequent
,
unique
,
unusual
fossilized
collapse
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
related words >
Gothic
,
Victorian
,
anile
,
antediluvian
,
antiquated
,
antique
,
archaic
,
backed
,
calcified
,
callous
,
calloused
,
case-hardened
,
classical
,
crabbed
,
crusted
,
crusty
,
crystallized
,
debilitated
,
decrepit
,
doddered
,
doddering
,
doddery
,
feeble
,
fossil
,
gerontal
,
gerontic
,
granulated
,
grown old
,
hardened
,
hornified
,
incrusted
,
indurate
,
indurated
,
infirm
,
lapidified
,
medieval
,
mid-Victorian
,
mossbacked
,
moth-eaten
,
mummylike
,
of other times
,
old-world
,
ossified
,
palsied
,
papery-skinned
,
petrified
,
ravaged with age
,
reinforced
,
rickety
,
rigidified
,
run to seed
,
rusty
,
sclerotic
,
senile
,
set
,
shaky
,
shriveled
,
solidified
,
steeled
,
stiffened
,
strengthened
,
stricken in years
,
superannuated
,
timeworn
,
tottering
,
tottery
,
toughened
,
vitrified
,
weak
,
withered
,
wizened
shorten
collapse
become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
related words >
abate
,
abbreviate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
bate
,
be telegraphic
,
bob
,
bobtail
,
boil down
,
brief
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
circumscribe
,
clip
,
coarct
,
compact
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contract
,
cramp
,
crop
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derogate
,
detract
,
digest
,
diminish
,
disparage
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
eat away
,
elide
,
epitomize
,
erode
,
excerpt
,
extract
,
file away
,
foreshorten
,
hem
,
impair
,
knit
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
minify
,
minimize
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
nutshell
,
outline
,
pare
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
purify
,
purse
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shave
,
shear
,
shrink
,
simplify
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
slash
,
snub
,
solidify
,
step down
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stunt
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take away
,
take from
,
take in
,
telescope
,
thin
,
thin out
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
waste no words
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
wrinkle
stale
collapse
showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"
urinate, of cattle and horses
related words >
allurement
,
antiquated
,
back-number
,
bait
,
banal
,
bewhiskered
,
blown
,
boring
,
bromidic
,
cliche
,
cliched
,
come-on
,
common
,
commonplace
,
corny
,
crumbling
,
cut-and-dried
,
dead
,
decoy
,
dilapidated
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
dry
,
dusty
,
enticement
,
fade
,
familiar
,
fetid
,
flat
,
flavorless
,
frowy
,
fusty
,
gamy
,
gone off
,
gone to seed
,
gruelly
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
hand-me-down
,
hardened
,
high
,
inane
,
indifferent
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
limp
,
mild
,
mildewed
,
milk-and-water
,
moldering
,
moldy
,
moss-grown
,
moth-eaten
,
mouldy
,
musty
,
noisome
,
off
,
old
,
old hat
,
old-fashioned
,
overused
,
pappy
,
platitudinous
,
pulpy
,
rancid
,
rank
,
reechy
,
reeking
,
rotten
,
ruined
,
ruinous
,
rusty
,
sapless
,
savorless
,
seducement
,
set
,
shopworn
,
smelly
,
snare
,
sour
,
soured
,
spiceless
,
spoiled
,
square
,
stenchy
,
stereotyped
,
stinking
,
stock
,
strong
,
tainted
,
tasteless
,
temptation
,
thin
,
threadbare
,
time-scarred
,
timeworn
,
tired
,
tiresome
,
trap
,
trite
,
truistic
,
turned
,
unflavored
,
unoriginal
,
unsavory
,
vapid
,
warmed-over
,
washy
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
weary
,
well-known
,
well-worn
,
wilted
,
wishy-washy
,
withered
,
worn
,
worn thin
thin ice
collapse
related words >
breakers ahead
,
cardhouse
,
cause for alarm
,
crisis
,
danger
,
dangerous ground
,
emergency
,
endangerment
,
gaping chasm
,
gathering clouds
,
hazard
,
house of cards
,
imperilment
,
jeopardy
,
menace
,
pass
,
peril
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
quicksand
,
risk
,
rocks ahead
,
storm clouds
,
strait
,
threat
imperilment
collapse
related words >
breakers ahead
,
cardhouse
,
cause for alarm
,
crisis
,
danger
,
dangerous ground
,
emergency
,
endangerment
,
gaping chasm
,
gathering clouds
,
hazard
,
house of cards
,
jeopardy
,
menace
,
pass
,
peril
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
quicksand
,
risk
,
rocks ahead
,
storm clouds
,
strait
,
thin ice
,
threat
incredible
collapse
beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"
related words >
a bit thick
,
a bit thin
,
absurd
,
amazing
,
antic
,
appalling
,
astonishing
,
astounding
,
awe-inspiring
,
awesome
,
beguiling
,
bewildering
,
beyond belief
,
bizarre
,
cockamamie
,
conspicuous
,
crazy
,
doubtable
,
doubtful
,
dubious
,
dubitable
,
egregious
,
enigmatic
,
exceptional
,
extraordinary
,
extravagant
,
fabulous
,
fanciful
,
fantastic
,
fascinating
,
fictitious
,
flimsy
,
foolish
,
formidable
,
grotesque
,
hard of belief
,
hard to believe
,
hardly possible
,
high-flown
,
humongous
,
implausible
,
impossible
,
improbable
,
incomprehensible
,
inconceivable
,
laughable
,
ludicrous
,
marked
,
marvelous
,
miraculous
,
monstrous
,
more than doubtful
,
mythical
,
nonsensical
,
not deserving belief
,
notable
,
noteworthy
,
noticeable
,
of mark
,
open to doubt
,
open to suspicion
,
outlandish
,
outrageous
,
outre
,
outstanding
,
passing belief
,
passing strange
,
phenomenal
,
poppycockish
,
preposterous
,
problematic
,
prodigious
,
puzzling
,
questionable
,
rare
,
remarkable
,
ridiculous
,
sensational
,
signal
,
staggering belief
,
strange
,
striking
,
stupendous
,
superior
,
suspect
,
suspicious
,
tall
,
thick
,
thin
,
tremendous
,
unaccountable
,
unbelievable
,
uncommon
,
unconvincing
,
unearthly
,
unexpected
,
ungodly
,
unheard-of
,
unimaginable
,
unique
,
unlikely
,
unprecedented
,
unpromising
,
unreal
,
unrealistic
,
unsubstantial
,
untenable
,
unthinkable
,
unworthy of belief
,
weak
,
weird
,
wild
,
wonderful
,
wondrous
purify
collapse
remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
absolve
,
abstract
,
acquit
,
atone
,
bate
,
beatify
,
bleach
,
bless
,
bolt
,
bowdlerize
,
canonize
,
chasten
,
clarify
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear
,
clear out
,
consecrate
,
curtail
,
decontaminate
,
decrassify
,
decrease
,
dedicate
,
deduct
,
delouse
,
depreciate
,
depurate
,
derogate
,
deterge
,
detract
,
devote
,
diminish
,
disinfect
,
disparage
,
distill
,
drain
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
eat away
,
edulcorate
,
elute
,
enshrine
,
erode
,
essentialize
,
exalt
,
exculpate
,
excuse
,
exonerate
,
expiate
,
expurgate
,
extract
,
file away
,
filter
,
filtrate
,
forgive
,
freshen
,
fumigate
,
glorify
,
hallow
,
impair
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lixiviate
,
lustrate
,
narrow
,
oversimplify
,
pardon
,
percolate
,
purge
,
rectify
,
redeem
,
reduce
,
reduce to elements
,
refine
,
reform
,
remit
,
remove
,
restrain
,
retrench
,
rub away
,
saint
,
sanctify
,
sanitize
,
scavenge
,
screen
,
separate
,
set apart
,
shorten
,
shrive
,
sieve
,
sift
,
simplify
,
spiritualize
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
strain
,
streamline
,
strip down
,
subduct
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
subtract
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
take away
,
take from
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tidy
,
try
,
wash
,
wear away
,
weed
,
whiten
,
winnow
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
,
withdraw
flavorless
collapse
related words >
dead
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
distasteful
,
fade
,
flat
,
gruelly
,
ill-flavored
,
inane
,
indifferent
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
mild
,
milk-and-water
,
pappy
,
pulpy
,
sapless
,
savorless
,
spiceless
,
stale
,
tasteless
,
thin
,
unappetizing
,
unflavored
,
unsavory
,
vapid
,
washy
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
wishy-washy
expand
collapse
become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"
make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"
related words >
add to
,
adulterate
,
aggrandize
,
amplify
,
attenuate
,
augment
,
balloon
,
beef up
,
bloat
,
blow up
,
bolster
,
boost
,
branch
,
branch out
,
broaden
,
build
,
build up
,
bulk
,
bulk out
,
complete
,
crescendo
,
cut
,
deal in generalities
,
deepen
,
deploy
,
descant
,
detail
,
develop
,
dilate
,
dilute
,
discourse
,
disperse
,
distend
,
ecumenicize
,
elaborate
,
embellish
,
enlarge
,
enlarge upon
,
enter into detail
,
etherealize
,
evolve
,
exalt
,
expatiate
,
explicate
,
extend
,
fan
,
fan out
,
fatten
,
fill out
,
flare
,
generalize
,
globalize
,
go into
,
greaten
,
grow
,
heighten
,
hike
,
hike up
,
huff
,
increase
,
inflate
,
jack up
,
jump up
,
labor
,
lengthen
,
magnify
,
make a generalization
,
maximize
,
mount
,
multiply
,
mushroom
,
open
,
open up
,
outspread
,
outstretch
,
overgrow
,
overrun
,
parlay
,
particularize
,
prolong
,
protract
,
puff
,
puff up
,
pump
,
pump up
,
put up
,
pyramid
,
raise
,
ramify
,
rarefy
,
rehearse in extenso
,
relate at large
,
snowball
,
spell out
,
splay
,
spraddle
,
sprangle
,
sprawl
,
spread
,
spread like wildfire
,
spread out
,
stretch
,
subtilize
,
sufflate
,
swell
,
thicken
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tumefy
,
unfold
,
universalize
,
up
,
upsurge
,
vise
,
water
,
water down
,
wax
,
widen
,
work out
corny
collapse
related words >
back-number
,
banal
,
bewhiskered
,
bromidic
,
cliched
,
common
,
commonplace
,
cut-and-dried
,
fade
,
familiar
,
fusty
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
moth-eaten
,
musty
,
old hat
,
platitudinous
,
set
,
shopworn
,
square
,
stale
,
stereotyped
,
stock
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
tired
,
trite
,
truistic
,
unoriginal
,
warmed-over
,
well-known
,
well-worn
,
worn
,
worn thin
wear thin
collapse
related words >
bomb
,
break
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
crumble
,
decline
,
disintegrate
,
droop
,
drop
,
fade
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall flat
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
give out
,
give way
,
go downhill
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
hit the skids
,
languish
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pine
,
poop out
,
sink
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
wilt
,
yield
shrieking
collapse
related words >
acute
,
argute
,
blinding
,
creaky
,
crude
,
ear-piercing
,
flaring
,
flashy
,
flaunting
,
garish
,
gaudy
,
glaring
,
howling
,
keen
,
keening
,
loud
,
lurid
,
overbright
,
penetrating
,
piercing
,
piping
,
raw
,
reedy
,
screaky
,
screaming
,
screeching
,
screechy
,
sharp
,
shrieky
,
shrill
,
squeaking
,
squeaky
,
thin
,
ululant
,
wailing
,
whining
,
whistling
rose wine
collapse
related words >
demi-sec
,
domestic wine
,
extra sec
,
imported wine
,
light wine
,
must
,
new wine
,
nonvintage wine
,
pink wine
,
red wine
,
sec
,
smooth wine
,
sparkling wine
,
still wine
,
sweet wine
,
thin wine
,
vin
,
vino
,
vintage wine
,
white wine
,
wine
savorless
collapse
related words >
bland
,
dead
,
dilute
,
diluted
,
distasteful
,
fade
,
flat
,
flavorless
,
gruelly
,
ill-flavored
,
inane
,
indifferent
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
mild
,
milk-and-water
,
pappy
,
pulpy
,
sapless
,
spiceless
,
stale
,
tasteless
,
thin
,
unappetizing
,
unflavored
,
unpleasing
,
unsavory
,
vapid
,
washy
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
watery
,
weak
,
wishy-washy
subatomic
collapse
of dimensions smaller than atomic dimensions
of or relating to constituents of the atom or forces within the atom; "subatomic particles"; "harnessing subatomic energy"
related words >
atomatic
,
atomic
,
atomiferous
,
atomistic
,
corpuscular
,
cyclic
,
diatomic
,
dibasic
,
embryonic
,
evanescent
,
germinal
,
granular
,
heteroatomic
,
heterocyclic
,
hexatomic
,
homocyclic
,
impalpable
,
imperceptible
,
imponderable
,
inappreciable
,
indiscernible
,
infinitesimal
,
intangible
,
invisible
,
isobaric
,
isocyclic
,
isoteric
,
isotopic
,
microcosmic
,
microscopic
,
molecular
,
monatomic
,
pentatomic
,
tenuous
,
tetratomic
,
thin
,
triatomic
,
tribasic
,
ultramicroscopic
,
unseeable
bewhiskered
collapse
related words >
back-number
,
banal
,
bearded
,
bromidic
,
common
,
commonplace
,
corny
,
cut-and-dried
,
fade
,
familiar
,
fusty
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
moth-eaten
,
musty
,
old hat
,
platitudinous
,
set
,
square
,
stale
,
stereotyped
,
stock
,
stubbled
,
stubbly
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
trite
,
truistic
,
unoriginal
,
unshaven
,
warmed-over
,
well-known
,
well-worn
,
whiskered
,
worn
,
worn thin
ungodly
collapse
related words >
Adamic
,
a bit thick
,
a bit thin
,
absurd
,
appalling
,
atheistic
,
awful
,
backsliding
,
bad
,
barbarous
,
beastly
,
beyond belief
,
blasphemous
,
carnal
,
corrupt
,
cursed
,
damnable
,
demoniac
,
demoniacal
,
demonic
,
depraved
,
devilish
,
diabolic
,
diabolical
,
doubtable
,
doubtful
,
dreadful
,
dubious
,
dubitable
,
erring
,
evil
,
execrable
,
fallen
,
fiendish
,
flagitious
,
fleshly
,
frail
,
frightful
,
ghoulish
,
godless
,
hard of belief
,
hard to believe
,
heinous
,
hellish
,
heretical
,
iconoclastic
,
immoral
,
impious
,
implausible
,
improper
,
impure
,
inconceivable
,
incredible
,
indecent
,
indelicate
,
infernal
,
infirm
,
iniquitous
,
irreligious
,
irreverent
,
lapsed
,
malodorous
,
monstrous
,
nasty
,
not deserving belief
,
of easy virtue
,
open to doubt
,
open to suspicion
,
outrageous
,
passing belief
,
peccable
,
postlapsarian
,
preposterous
,
problematic
,
prodigal
,
profane
,
questionable
,
recidivist
,
recidivistic
,
ridiculous
,
rough
,
sacrilegious
,
satanic
,
shocking
,
sinful
,
staggering belief
,
suspect
,
suspicious
,
tall
,
terrible
,
thick
,
thin
,
un-Christly
,
unangelic
,
unbecoming
,
unbelievable
,
unchaste
,
unchristian
,
uncivilized
,
unclean
,
unconscionable
,
unconvincing
,
undecorous
,
unearthly
,
ungood
,
unhallowed
,
unholy
,
unimaginable
,
unrighteous
,
unsaintly
,
unthinkable
,
untoward
,
unvirtuous
,
unworthy of belief
,
vile
,
villainous
,
virtueless
,
wanton
,
wayward
,
weak
,
wicked
harrow
collapse
a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
draw a harrow over (land)
related words >
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
backset
,
badger
,
bait
,
bedevil
,
bite
,
bloody
,
burn
,
chafe
,
claw
,
cog
,
comb
,
convulse
,
crag
,
crucify
,
cultivate
,
culture
,
cut
,
dab
,
delve
,
devil
,
dig
,
distress
,
drag
,
dress
,
dub
,
equalize
,
even
,
excruciate
,
fallow
,
fang
,
fertilize
,
fester
,
flatten
,
force
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grade
,
grate
,
grease
,
grind
,
gripe
,
heckle
,
hector
,
hoe
,
hurt
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
jag
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
lay
,
level
,
list
,
lubricate
,
macerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
mow
,
mulch
,
needle
,
nip
,
oil
,
pain
,
peak
,
pecten
,
pester
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
plane
,
planish
,
plaster
,
plow
,
prick
,
projection
,
prolong the agony
,
prune
,
punish
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rake
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
ratchet
,
rip
,
rub
,
savage
,
sawtooth
,
scarify
,
shave
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth out
,
snag
,
snaggle
,
spade
,
spire
,
sprocket
,
spur
,
stab
,
steeple
,
sting
,
tantalize
,
tease
,
thin
,
thin out
,
till
,
till the soil
,
tooth
,
torment
,
torture
,
try
,
tweak
,
twist
,
weed
,
weed out
,
work
,
wound
,
wring
melt down
collapse
related words >
colliquate
,
concentrate
,
cut
,
decoagulate
,
decoct
,
defrost
,
deliquesce
,
dissolve
,
distill
,
essentialize
,
express
,
fluidify
,
fluidize
,
flux
,
fuse
,
hold in solution
,
infuse
,
leach
,
liquefy
,
liquesce
,
liquidize
,
lixiviate
,
melt
,
percolate
,
press out
,
refine
,
render
,
run
,
smelt
,
soak
,
solubilize
,
solve
,
steep
,
thaw
,
thin
,
unclot
,
unfreeze
,
wring
,
wring out
impervious
collapse
not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"
related words >
Philistine
,
airtight
,
ballproof
,
beyond reach
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
callous
,
calloused
,
case-hardened
,
closed forever to
,
closed to
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
fire-resisting
,
fireproof
,
flameproof
,
flinty
,
foolproof
,
hard
,
hardened
,
hardhearted
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impassable
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
impersuadable
,
impersuasible
,
impervious to
,
inaccessible
,
indurated
,
inflexible
,
insensitive
,
inured
,
leakproof
,
lost to
,
noiseproof
,
nonpuncturable
,
obstinate
,
out of reach
,
pachydermatous
,
proof
,
proof against
,
punctureproof
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
shatterproof
,
shellproof
,
soundproof
,
steeled against
,
steely
,
stony
,
thick-skinned
,
tight
,
un-come-at-able
,
unaccessible
,
unamenable
,
unapproachable
,
unattainable
,
unavailable
,
undiscoverable
,
ungettable
,
unimpressionable
,
uninfluenceable
,
unmovable
,
unobtainable
,
unpassable
,
unperforable
,
unpersuadable
,
unpierceable
,
unpliable
,
unprocurable
,
unreachable
,
unreceptive
,
unresponsive
,
unsecurable
,
unsuggestible
,
unsusceptible
,
unswayable
,
unyielding
,
watertight
,
weatherproof
questionable
collapse
able to be refuted
subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"
related words >
a bit thick
,
a bit thin
,
absurd
,
ambiguous
,
amoral
,
arguable
,
at issue
,
beguiling
,
beyond belief
,
borderline
,
catchy
,
confutable
,
conjectural
,
conscienceless
,
contestable
,
controversial
,
controvertible
,
corrupt
,
corrupted
,
criminal
,
crooked
,
dark
,
debatable
,
deceiving
,
deceptive
,
delusive
,
delusory
,
deniable
,
devious
,
dishonest
,
dishonorable
,
disputable
,
doubtable
,
doubtful
,
dubious
,
dubitable
,
equivocal
,
evasive
,
fallacious
,
false
,
felonious
,
fishy
,
fly-by-night
,
fraudulent
,
hallucinatory
,
hard of belief
,
hard to believe
,
hardly possible
,
iffy
,
ill-got
,
ill-gotten
,
illusive
,
illusory
,
immoral
,
implausible
,
improbable
,
in dispute
,
in doubt
,
in dubio
,
in question
,
inconceivable
,
incredible
,
indirect
,
insidious
,
misleading
,
mistakable
,
moot
,
more than doubtful
,
not deserving belief
,
not kosher
,
obscure
,
open to doubt
,
open to question
,
open to suspicion
,
passing belief
,
preposterous
,
problematic
,
problematical
,
refutable
,
ridiculous
,
rotten
,
shady
,
shameless
,
shifty
,
sinister
,
slippery
,
speculative
,
staggering belief
,
suppositional
,
suspect
,
suspicious
,
tall
,
thick
,
thin
,
trickish
,
tricksy
,
tricky
,
trustless
,
unbelievable
,
uncertain
,
unconscienced
,
unconscientious
,
unconscionable
,
unconvincing
,
undependable
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unearthly
,
unethical
,
ungodly
,
unimaginable
,
unlikely
,
unprincipled
,
unpromising
,
unreliable
,
unsavory
,
unscrupulous
,
unstraightforward
,
unsure
,
unthinkable
,
untrustworthy
,
untrusty
,
unworthy of belief
,
vague
,
without remorse
,
without shame
retrench
collapse
make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"
tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
related words >
abate
,
abbreviate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
arrest
,
bate
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bridle
,
capsulize
,
check
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
constrain
,
contain
,
contract
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
crop
,
curb
,
curtail
,
curtail expenses
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut corners
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decelerate
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
disparage
,
dock
,
dompt
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
eat away
,
elide
,
enjoin
,
epitomize
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
foreshorten
,
govern
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
impair
,
inhibit
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
lay under restraint
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
mow
,
nip
,
pare
,
pare down expenses
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prohibit
,
prune
,
pull
,
pull in
,
purify
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
rein
,
rein in
,
remove
,
restrain
,
retard
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
set back
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slow down
,
snub
,
step down
,
straiten
,
stunt
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take a reef
,
take away
,
take from
,
take in
,
telescope
,
thin
,
thin out
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
withhold
epidermal
collapse
related words >
ankle-deep
,
cortical
,
cursory
,
cutaneous
,
depthless
,
dermal
,
dermic
,
ecderonic
,
ectodermal
,
ectodermic
,
endermatic
,
endermic
,
epicarpal
,
epidermic
,
furry
,
hypodermal
,
hypodermic
,
jejune
,
knee-deep
,
light
,
not deep
,
on the surface
,
shallow
,
shallow-rooted
,
shoal
,
skin-deep
,
skinny
,
slight
,
subcutaneous
,
superficial
,
surface
,
testaceous
,
thin
,
trivial
,
unprofound
feeble
collapse
lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
related words >
abulic
,
afraid
,
aged
,
ailing
,
anemic
,
anile
,
asthenic
,
backward
,
barely audible
,
blear
,
bleared
,
bleary
,
bloodless
,
blurred
,
blurry
,
cachectic
,
chicken
,
confused
,
cowardly
,
crabbed
,
dark
,
debilitated
,
decrepit
,
decrescendo
,
delicate
,
dim
,
dim-witted
,
distant
,
dizzy
,
doddered
,
doddering
,
doddery
,
drained
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
dull
,
effete
,
emasculated
,
enervated
,
enfeebled
,
etiolated
,
exhausted
,
failing
,
faint
,
faint-voiced
,
fainthearted
,
faintish
,
feckless
,
feebleminded
,
filmy
,
flabby
,
flaccid
,
flimsy
,
floppy
,
foggy
,
forceless
,
fossilized
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fuzzy
,
gentle
,
gerontal
,
gerontic
,
gone
,
gutless
,
half-baked
,
half-heard
,
half-seen
,
half-visible
,
half-witted
,
hazy
,
healthless
,
helpless
,
ill-defined
,
imbecile
,
imperceptible
,
impotent
,
impuissant
,
in poor health
,
inadequate
,
inconclusive
,
inconspicuous
,
indefinite
,
indistinct
,
indistinguishable
,
ineffective
,
ineffectual
,
infirm
,
insignificant
,
insubstantial
,
insufficient
,
invalid
,
invertebrate
,
lame
,
languid
,
languishing
,
languorous
,
limber
,
limp
,
listless
,
low
,
low-profile
,
lustless
,
marrowless
,
merely glimpsed
,
misty
,
moribund
,
moronic
,
mossbacked
,
moth-eaten
,
mummylike
,
murmured
,
namby-pamby
,
nerveless
,
obscure
,
out of focus
,
pale
,
palsied
,
paltry
,
papery-skinned
,
peaked
,
peaky
,
pianissimo
,
piano
,
pithless
,
pliable
,
pooped
,
poor
,
powerless
,
puny
,
ravaged with age
,
reduced
,
reduced in health
,
rickety
,
rubbery
,
run to seed
,
run-down
,
rusty
,
sapless
,
scarcely heard
,
semivisible
,
senile
,
shadowy
,
shaky
,
shoddy
,
shriveled
,
sickly
,
simpleminded
,
sinewless
,
slack
,
slight
,
slow
,
slow-witted
,
soft
,
soft-sounding
,
soft-voiced
,
spineless
,
spiritless
,
strengthless
,
stricken in years
,
subaudible
,
subdued
,
thin
,
timeworn
,
tottering
,
tottery
,
unavailing
,
uncertain
,
unclear
,
unconvincing
,
undefined
,
unhardened
,
unhealthy
,
unmanned
,
unnerved
,
unplain
,
unproved
,
unrecognizable
,
unrigorous
,
unsatisfactory
,
unsound
,
unstrung
,
unsubstantial
,
unsustained
,
vague
,
valetudinarian
,
valetudinary
,
weak
,
weak-kneed
,
weak-minded
,
weak-voiced
,
weak-willed
,
weakened
,
weakly
,
wet
,
whispered
,
wishy-washy
,
with low resistance
,
withered
,
wizened
,
woozy
unprofound
collapse
related words >
ankle-deep
,
birdbrained
,
birdwitted
,
cursory
,
depthless
,
epidermal
,
featherbrained
,
flighty
,
fluffy
,
frivolous
,
frothy
,
jejune
,
knee-deep
,
light
,
not deep
,
on the surface
,
shallow
,
shallow-headed
,
shallow-minded
,
shallow-pated
,
shallow-rooted
,
shallow-witted
,
shoal
,
skin-deep
,
slight
,
superficial
,
surface
,
thin
,
trivial
,
volatile
prune
collapse
dried plum
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
abscind
,
abstract
,
amputate
,
annihilate
,
ax
,
backset
,
ban
,
bar
,
bisect
,
blockhead
,
bob
,
boil down
,
brash
,
butcher
,
capsulize
,
carve
,
chop
,
chump
,
cleave
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
contract
,
crop
,
cull
,
cultivate
,
culture
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut out
,
cut short
,
delve
,
dichotomize
,
dig
,
dimwit
,
dissever
,
dock
,
dolt
,
dope
,
dress
,
dumbbell
,
elide
,
eliminate
,
enucleate
,
epitomize
,
eradicate
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
fallow
,
fertilize
,
fissure
,
force
,
foreshorten
,
gash
,
hack
,
halve
,
harrow
,
hew
,
hoe
,
idiot
,
ignoramus
,
incise
,
isolate
,
jigsaw
,
knock off
,
lance
,
list
,
lop
,
moron
,
mow
,
mulch
,
mutilate
,
nip
,
pare
,
peel
,
pick out
,
plow
,
poll
,
pollard
,
rake
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
rend
,
retrench
,
rive
,
root out
,
rule out
,
saw
,
scissor
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sever
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
skive
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
snip
,
snub
,
spade
,
split
,
stamp out
,
strike off
,
strip
,
strip off
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
sunder
,
synopsize
,
take in
,
take off
,
take out
,
tear
,
telescope
,
thin
,
thin out
,
till
,
till the soil
,
trim
,
truncate
,
weed
,
weed out
,
whittle
,
wipe out
,
work
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