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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overwhelm; wear out |
| Synonyms: | bring low, cripple, debilitate, defeat, destroy, disable, disarm, drain, drown, exhaust, fatigue, fell, floor, frazzle, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, knock over, level, mow, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overtire, overturn, paralyze, reduce, ruin, sap, tire, tucker out, weary, whelm, wreck |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back prostate is the gland; prostrate means 'lying face down' supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, assuage, help, please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | slack/slacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do little or nothing; loosen |
| Synonyms: | abate, decrease, diminish, dodge, drop off, dwindle, ease, ease off, featherbed, flag, goldbrick, goof off, idle, lax, lay back, lessen, let up, lie down on job, loose, moderate, neglect, reduce, relax, release, shirk, slack off, slow down, taper, tire, untighten, wane |
| Antonyms: | stiffen, tighten |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch, often to limit |
| Synonyms: | constrict, distend, distort, draw tight, drive, exert, extend, fatigue, injure, overexert, overtax, overwork, pull, push, push to the limit, rack, sprain, task, tauten, tax, tear, tighten, tire, twist, weaken, wrench |
| Notes: | a sprain involves one or more ligaments; a strain involves a tendon or muscle |
| Antonyms: | compress, concentrate |
| Main Entry: | tax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | charge, cumber, drain, encumber, enervate, exhaust, lade, load, make demands on, oppress, overburden, overtax, overuse, overwork, press hard on, pressure, prey on, push, put pressure on, saddle, sap, strain, stress, stretch, task, tire, try, weaken, wear out, weary, weigh, weigh down, weigh heavily on, weight |
| Antonyms: | unburden |
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, afflict |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, crucify, distress, excruciate, harass, inconvenience, irk, irritate, martyr, pain, plague, rack, strain, stress, tax, tire, torment, torture, trouble, upset, vex, weary, wring |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | delight, please |
| Main Entry: | weaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce the strength of |
| Synonyms: | abate, adulterate, break up, cripple, crumble, cut, debase, debilitate, decline, decrease, depress, devitalize, dilute, diminish, droop, dwindle, ease up, enervate, exhaust, fade, fail, faint, flag, give way, halt, impair, impoverish, invalidate, languish, lessen, limp, lose, lose spirit, lower, minimize, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relapse, relax, sap, slow down, soften, temper, thin, thin out, tire, totter, tremble, undermine, vitiate, wane, water down, wilt |
| Antonyms: | build up, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | wear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrode, use |
| Synonyms: | abrade, be worthless, become threadbare, become worn, chafe, consume, crumble, cut down, decay, decline, decrease, deteriorate, diminish, drain, dwindle, erode, exhaust, fade, fatigue, fray, gall, go to seed, graze, grind, impair, jade, overuse, overwork, rub, scrape, scrape off, scuff, shrink, tax, tire, use up, wash away, waste, wear out, wear thin, weary, weather |
| Notes: | ware is an item bought or a piece of pottery; wear is erosion; and where is a place |
| Antonyms: | freshen, rebuild, refresh |
| Main Entry: | weary |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make tired |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bore, burden, cause ennui, cloy, debilitate, depress, disgust, dishearten, distress, drain, droop, drowse, enervate, enfeeble, exasperate, exhaust, fade, fag, fail, fall off, fatigue, flag, glut, grow tired, harass, have had enough, irk, jade, leave one cold, lose interest, make discontented, nauseate, oppress, overwork, pain, plague, sap, sicken, sink, strain, take it out of, tax, tire, tire out, try the patience of, tucker out, vex, weaken, wear down, wear out, weigh |
| Notes: | to be wary is to be cautious or watchful; weary means fatigued or tired |
| Antonyms: | activate, energize, enliven |
| Main Entry: | overwork |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work too hard |
| Synonyms: | burden, exhaust, exploitation, labor, strain, tax, tire |
| Antonyms: | be idle |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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