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- [a-truh-feed]
- /ˈæ trə fid/
- /ˈæt.rə.fi/
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- [a-truh-feed]
- /ˈæ trə fid/
Definitions of atrophied word
- adjective atrophied exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent. 1
- noun atrophied Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage. 1
- noun atrophied degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse: He argued that there was a progressive atrophy of freedom and independence of thought. 1
- noun atrophied Characterized by atrophy. 1
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Origin of atrophied
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; atrophy + -ed2
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Parts of speech for Atrophied
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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atrophied popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
atrophied usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for atrophied
adj atrophied
- bony — Someone who has a bony face or bony hands, for example, has a very thin face or very thin hands, with very little flesh covering their bones.
- skeletal — of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
- gaunt — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- skinny — very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
- scrawny — excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck.
verb atrophied
- shrivel — shrink, dry up
- fade — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- pollute — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
Antonyms for atrophied
adj atrophied
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- plump — direct; downright; blunt.
- chubby — A chubby person is rather fat.
- fat — File Allocation Table
- heavy — of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
verb atrophied
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
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