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softenverb to diminish the physical strength ofthree weeks of being sick in bed had noticeably softened her debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, prostrate, sap, tire, waste, weaken cripple, disable, hamstring, incapacitatedeplete, depress, exhaust, impoverish, unman, wash outdamage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, invalid, lay upbreak down, grind (down), wear down, wear outparalyze beef (up), fortify, strengthen energize, invigorate, recruit, rejuvenate, vitalizeharden, season, toughen to lessen the shock ofhad tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal buffer, cushion, gentle baffle, dampen, deaden, dull, obtundmoderate, modulate, temperallay, alleviate, assuage, easelighten, mitigate, relieve heighten, intensify, sharpen in the 14th century |