All atrophied synonyms
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A a adj atrophied
- undernourished β not nourished with sufficient or proper food to maintain or promote health or normal growth.
- bony β 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 β of, relating to, or like a skeleton.
- gaunt β extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- skinny β very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
- scrawny β excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck.
- anorexic β If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
verb atrophied
- deteriorate β If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
- dwindle β to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- shrivel β shrink, dry up
- fade β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- pollute β to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- dwindle β to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- disintegrate β to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- lessen β to become less.
- corrode β If metal or stone corrodes, or is corroded, it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust.
- discolor β to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
- wither β to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- degenerate β If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- mortify β to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- atrophy β If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness.
- rot β to undergo decomposition; decay.
- dissolve β to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- decompose β When things such as dead plants or animals decompose, or when something decomposes them, they change chemically and begin to decay.
- dim β DIM statement
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- subside β to sink to a low or lower level.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- slacken β If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- peter out β to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- shrink β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- die out β If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
- taper off β to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- die down β If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- drain β to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- lavish β expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- deplete β To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
- dissipate β to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- misuse β wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- divert β to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect.
- undermine β to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- squander β to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- dry β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- deflate β If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
- languish β to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.