weaken

/ˈwiːk(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈwiːk(ə)n/

weaken

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

wea - ken -> weaken

Myanmar meaning

(v) ဆုတ်ယုတ်သည်။အားနည်းသည်။

Full entry

weak /wi:k/ adj (-er , -est )

၁။ (က) ခွန်အားနည်းသော။ အားအင်ကုန်ခန်းသော။ She is still weak after her illness. ❍ He was too weak to walk far. ❍ Her legs felt weak. (ခ) မတောင့်တင်းသော။ မကြံ့ခိုင်သော။ That bridge is too weak to carry heavy traffic.
၂။ (စိတ်ဓာတ်) ပျော့ညံ့သော။ He's too weak to be a good leader. ❍ In a weak moment (ie When I was easily persuaded), I said he could borrow the car.
၃။ (ငွေကြေး၊ စီးပွား) မခိုင်မာသော၊ မတောင့်တင်းသော၊ အားပျော့သော။ a weak currency/economy/market.
၄။ အားနည်းသော။ a weak heart ❍ a weak stomach (ie one that is easily upset by food) ❍ My eyesight is rather weak.
၅။ အားနည်းသော။ ညံ့သော။ a weak team ❍ She was rather weak at maths at school.
၆။ မခိုင်လုံသော။ ယုတ္တိနည်းသော။ weak arguments/evidence ❍ a story with a weak ending.
၇။ (အလင်းရောင်) မှိန်သော။ (အသံ) တိုးသော။ a weak light/signal/sound.
၈။ စိတ်လက်မပါသော။ အသက်မပါသော။ ဟန်ဆောင်ပန်ဆောင် လုပ်သော။ a weak smile ❍ He made a weak attempt to look cheerful.
၉။ (အရည်)ကျဲသော။ weak tea. လက်ဖက်ရည်ပေါ့ပေါ့။
၁၀။ (က) (grammar ) (ကြိယာ) -d , -ed, -t ဆက်၍ သဏ္ဌာန်ပြောင်း သော။ (သာဓက- walk, walked or waste, wasted )။ (ခ) (phonetics ) အသံကို ဖော့၍ရွတ်သော။ (သာဓက- bread and butter ၌ and ကို ဖော့ရွတ်ကြောင်း /ǝn/ (သို့) /n/ ဖြင့် ပြသည်။ ) Compare strong
❏ the weak n [pl v ] ဆင်းရဲသား။ နင်းပြား။ ရောဂါဝေဒနာ သည်။
❏ weak at the knees [IDM ] (infml ) ဒူးမခိုင်။ The shock made me go all weak at the knees.
❏ weaken /'wi:kǝn/ v
၁။ အားနည်းသည်။ ဆုတ်ယုတ် သည်။ ယင်းသို့ဖြစ်စေသည်။ weakened by disease/hunger/injury ❍ The fail in productivity has weakened the economy. ❍ His influence on the party is steadily weakening.
၂။ စိတ်ယိမ်းယိုင်သည်၊ အားပျော့သည်။ ယင်းသို့ ဖြစ်စေသည်။ weaken sb's confidence/resolve ❍ They have not yet agreed to our requests but they are clearly weakening.
❏ weak in the head [IDM ] (infml ) ဦးနှောက်မကောင်း သော။ ကျပ်မပြည့်သော။ You must be weak in the head if you believe that.
❏ weakling /'wi:klÇŋ/ n (derog ) ငပျော့။ (အကောင်)လှီ။ Don't be such a weakling!
❏ weakly adv စိတ်မပါဘဲ။ အားမပါဘဲ။ smile weakly.
❏ weakness n
၁။ [U, C] အားနည်းခြင်း။ ပျော့ညံ့ခြင်း။ မခိုင်မာခြင်း။ weakness of character ❍ the weakness of the dollar/pound ❍ New evidence revealed the weakness of the prosecution's case.
၂။ [C] အားနည်းချက်။ ပျော့ကွက်။ ဟာကွက်။ It's important to know your own strengths and weaknesses. ❍ structural weaknesses ❍ Can you spot the weakness in her argument?
၃။ [C usu sing ] ~ (for sth/sb) မနေနိုင်အောင် စွဲလမ်းခြင်း။ have a weakness for chocolate.

More examples

The illness had left him too weak to speak.
Weak stomach muscles can lead to back problems.
He has always had a weak heart.
Workplace bullies pick on weak and vulnerable colleagues.
We are in a weak bargaining position.
I was feeling weak and agreed to go.
He had a weak character, but not an evil one.
They can always improve by working on their weak points.
[weak on] : The report was criticized for being weak on detail.
If you are a weak speller, someone should check the letter.
The floorboards are weak in some places.
A weak gravitational field
Weak features
A weak chin
The case is weak because it is based on very little real evidence.
The Scottish Secretary gave a very weak answer.
[on weak ground] : They were on weak ground, with no precedents for their action.
[weak point/spot] : They exploited the weak points in their opponents’ defences.
His faith in his family had become weak over the years.
[weak against] : The pound grew weaker against the dollar.
She makes the tea too weak.
A weak solution of hydrochloric acid
He had only a weak light to work by.
She gave me a weak smile and a little wave.

Synonyms

feeble, frail, puny, scrawny, weedy, pathetic, fragile, accessible, anemic, assailable, bated, bland, corruptible, cowardly, debilitated, decrepit, defenseless, deficient, delicate, dilute, diluted, dim, distant, drained, dull, easily led, effete, enervated, exhausted, exposed, faint, faint-hearted, faulty, flabby, flaccid, flavorless, flimsy, floppy, fluctuant, forceless, frightened, gentle, green, half-hearted, handicapped, helpless, hesitant, hollow, immature, imperceptible, implausible, impotent, improbable, impuissant, inadequate, inaudible, incompetent, incomplete, inconceivable, inconclusive, incredible, indecisive, indefensible, indistinct, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, infirm, insecure, insipid, insubstantial, invalid, irresolute, lackadaisical, lacking, laid-back, lame, languid, languorous, limited, limp, low, makeshift, milk-and-water, muffled, nerveless, nervous, not strong, out of gas, pale, palsied, poor, powerless, prostrate, quiet, raw, reedy, rickety, rocky, rotten, runny, senile, shaky, shallow, sickly, slight, slim, sluggish, small, soft, spent, spindly, spineless, stifled, substandard, supine, tasteless, tender, thick, thin, timid, timorous, tired, toothless, torpid, unaccented, unbelievable, uncertain, unconvincing, undependable, unguarded, unprepared, unprotected, unqualified, unreliable, unsafe, unsatisfactory, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unstressed, unsubstantial, unsure, untenable, untrained, vacillating, vulnerable, wanting, washy, wasted, watered-down, waterish, watery, wavering, weak-kneed, weak-willed, weakened, weakly, whispered, wide-open

Antonyms

able, active, adequate, bold, brave, capable, certain, competent, concentrated, confident, convincing, definite, determined, effective, enough, firm, fit, guarded, happy, healthy, hearty, invulnerable, loud, noisy, potent, powerful, protected, rich, robust, safe, secure, solid, stable, steady, strong, sturdy, sufficient, sure, thick, unbreakable, unshaky, unwavering