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watered down
| Main Entry: |
water down
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dilute |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, reduce, thin, thin down, weaken |
| Antonyms: | beef up, strengthen, thicken |
| Main Entry: | adulterated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | debased or dirty |
| Synonyms: | attenuated, blended, contaminated, corrupt, defiled, degraded, depreciated, deteriorated, devalued, diluted, dissolved, impaired, mixed, polluted, tainted, thinned, vitiated, watered down, weakened |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | diluted/dilute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinned, weakened |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, attenuated, cut, impaired, impoverished, laced, light, moderated, reduced, shaved, spiked, tempered, washy, watered down, waterish, watery, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, strengthened, thickened |
| Main Entry: | diluted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinned |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, cut, dilute, impaired, impoverished, light, reduced, washy, watered down, waterish, watery, weak, weakened, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | concentrated, enriched, strengthened, thickened |
| Main Entry: | washy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dilute |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, attenuated, cut*, impaired, impoverished, laced, light, moderated, reduced*, shaved, spiked, tempered, thin*, watered down, watered-down, waterish, watery, weak, wishy-washy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waterish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dilute |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, attenuated, cut*, impaired, impoverished, laced, light, moderated, reduced*, shaved, spiked, tempered, thin*, washy, watered down, watered-down, watery, weak, wishy-washy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adulterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter or debase, often for profit |
| Synonyms: | alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, defile, degrade, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor up, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, intermix, irrigate, lace, make impure, mingle, mix, phony up, plant*, pollute, shave, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water down, weaken |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dull |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, benumb, cripple, dampen, deaden, debilitate, desensitize, disable, enfeeble, hebetate, numb, obtund, sap, soften, take the edge off, undermine, water down, weaken |
| Antonyms: | needle, point, sharpen |
| Main Entry: | dilute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thinner; weaken |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alter, attenuate, cook, cut, decrease, deliquesce, diffuse, diminish, doctor up, doctor*, irrigate, lace, lessen, liquefy, mitigate, mix, moderate, modify, needle, phony up, plant, qualify, reduce, shave, spike, temper, water, water down |
| Antonyms: | concentrate, strengthen, thicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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