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| Main Entry: |
impairment
 [im-pair] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breakage |
| Synonyms: | damage, destruction, deterioration, ruination, ruined goods, wreckage |
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| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | accident, adulteration, adversity, affliction, bane, blemish, blow, breakage, bruise, casualty, catastrophe, cave-in, contamination, corruption, debasement, depreciation, deprivation, destruction, deterioration, detriment, devastation, disservice, disturbance, evil, hardship, harm, hurt, illness, impairment, infliction, knockout, marring, mischief, mishap, mutilation, outrage, pollution, ravage, reverse, ruin, ruining, spoilage, stroke, suffering, waste, wound, wreckage, wrecking, wrong |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, favor, improvement, profit |
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking down, collapse |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Antonyms: | development, flourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening |
Example Sentences
- Hearing impairment can interfere with language development even before children move through the babbling stage.
- And, as noted up there, over intake of alcohol might result in cognitive impairment.
- Taste impairment means there is a problem with your sense of taste.
| Main Entry: | deformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disfigurement, distortion |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, asymmetry, buckle, contortion, corruption, crookedness, damage, defacement, defect, depravity, evil, grossness, hideousness, impairment, injury, irregularity, knot, malconformation, malformation, misproportion, misshape, misshapenness, repulsiveness, ugliness, unattractiveness, unnaturalness, unsightliness, warp |
| Antonyms: | beauty, grace, shapeliness |
| Main Entry: | detriment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | damage, disability, disservice, drawback, handicap, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, liability, loss, marring, mischief, prejudice, spoiling |
| Antonyms: | advantage, assistance, benefit, gain, help, profit |
| Main Entry: | disability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage, restriction |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ailment, defect, detriment, disqualification, drawback, impairment, inability, incapacity, incompetency, inexperience, infirmity, injury, invalidity, lack, unfitness, weakness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, fitness, strength |
| Main Entry: | disparagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong criticism; detraction |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting, backstabbing, belittlement, blame, calumny, censure, condemnation, contempt, contumely, debasement, degradation, denunciation, depreciation, derision, derogation, discredit, disdain, impairment, lessening, lie, prejudice, reproach, ridicule, scandal, scorn, slander, tale, underestimation |
| Antonyms: | approval, commendation, compliment, flattery, praise, sanction |
| Main Entry: | handicap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | affliction, baggage, barrier, block, burden, detriment, disability, drawback, encumbrance, hangup, hindrance, impairment, impediment, injury, limitation, load, millstone, obstacle, psychological baggage, restriction, shortcoming, stumbling block |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, help |
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, evil |
| Synonyms: | abuse, banefulness, damage, deleteriousness, detriment, disservice, foul play, hurt, ill, immorality, impairment, infliction, iniquity, loss, marring, mischance, mischief, misfortune, misuse, noxiousness, outrage, perniciousness, prejudice, ravage, ruin, ruination, sabotage, sin, sinfulness, vandalism, vice, violence, wear and tear, wickedness, wrong |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, good, pleasure |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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