impair
41impair — Synonyms and 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 …
42impair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. damage, weaken, wear [out], spoil, mar; vitiate. See deterioration, weakness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To damage] Syn. spoil, injure, hurt; see break 2 , damage 1 , destroy 1 . 2. [To weaken] Syn.… …
43impair — im|pair 〈[ɛ̃pɛ:r] Adj.; Roulett〉 ungerade (von Zahlen); Ggs.: pair [Etym.: frz.] …
44impair — im|pair [ımˈpeə US ˈper] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: empeirer, from Vulgar Latin impejorare, from Late Latin pejorare to make worse ] to damage something or make it not as good as it should be ▪ The illness had impaired his… …
45impair — [[t]ɪmpe͟ə(r)[/t]] impairs, impairing, impaired VERB If something impairs something such as an ability or the way something works, it damages it or makes it worse. [FORMAL] [V n] Consumption of alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car or… …
46impair — im·pair || ɪm per / peÉ™ v. spoil, mar, damage, weaken …
47impair — verb weaken or damage. Derivatives impairment noun Origin ME enpeire, from OFr. empeirier, based on late L. pejorare (from L. pejor worse ) …
48impair — v. a. 1. Deteriorate, injure, vitiate, make worse, harm. 2. Lessen, diminish, decrease, make less. 3. Weaken, enfeeble, enervate …
49impair — v weaken, lessen, enervate, water down, attenuate; vitiate, debase, adulterate, pollute, corrupt; debilitate, enfeeble, sap, undermine; wear down or out or away; cripple, disable, crush, shatter; damage, injure, harm, hurt; spoil, mar, blemish,… …
50impair — im·pair …
