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Synonyms for impair
ɪmˈpɛərim·pair
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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impairverb
make worse or less effective
"His vision was impaired"
mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiateverb
make imperfect
"nothing marred her beauty"
Synonyms:
pamper, frustrate, debase, scotch, botch, bilk, baby, itch, bungle, muck up, mishandle, bumble, deflower, demoralise, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, screw up, pervert, demoralize, fumble, flub, rape, thwart, ruin, ball up, subvert, featherbed, bollocks up, plunder, bollocks, baffle, mess up, despoil, vitiate, invalidate, louse up, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, violate, mutilate, void, deprave, cocker, misdirect, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bobble, profane, coddle, bollix up, debauch, cosset, bollix, corrupt, bodge
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#669 | baby | |
#772 | mar | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1605 | rape | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2266 | damage | |
#2448 | void | |
#2540 | blow | |
#3140 | affect | |
#6159 | harm | |
#7413 | alter | |
#10456 | prejudice | |
#10816 | foil | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#12746 | violate | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#17024 | scotch | |
#17827 | undermine | |
#20396 | indulge | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#21475 | diminish | |
#22854 | hinder | |
#23611 | hamper | |
#25048 | lessen | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#25560 | impair | |
#26507 | itch | |
#26944 | bobble | |
#27548 | infringe | |
#27618 | cocker | |
#28828 | bumble | |
#29400 | impede | |
#29630 | fluff | |
#30892 | fumble | |
#31815 | pamper | |
#32543 | profane | |
#33911 | muff | |
#34032 | invalidate | |
#34306 | injure | |
#34734 | pervert | |
#35532 | jeopardize | |
#36264 | thwart | |
#37254 | plunder | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#43554 | blemish | |
#47884 | depress | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#51950 | tarnish | |
#53610 | bollocks | |
#55038 | aggravate | |
#63134 | bungle | |
#99054 | featherbed | |
#102812 | mutilate | |
#104177 | botch | |
#120061 | bilk | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#162842 | coddle | |
#162847 | debase | |
#163167 | demoralize | |
#212610 | debauch | |
#220019 | flub | |
#228192 | despoil | |
#231784 | bodge | |
#232391 | misdirect | |
#284974 | deflower | |
#315643 | mishandle |
How to use impair in a sentence?
(Chicago's law) doesn't diminish and impair pensions, it saves pensions, that argument has not been addressed.
When we say them again and again, it can impair the parent-child relationship because it suggests the problem is not the behavior, but the problem is the child.
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
That the U.S. ambassador is now turning to German companies with direct threats is a new and unacceptable one-sided tightening of the tone in the transatlantic relationship, if the U.S. president thinks he has to publicly show he is getting tough on Russia in view of the many question marks regarding his relationship with Moscow, he should not thereby impair the relationship with his most important ally.
These stress-signaling pathways get released and they rapidly impair the higher cognitive functions of the prefrontal cortex that includes things like working memory, with chronic stress, you actually lose gray matter in the prefrontal cortex, in sadly the exact regions that are involved with inhibiting the stress response and those areas that give you insight that you’re needing help.
Translations for impair
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- vermindern, beeinträchtigen, verschlechtern, schwächen, schädigen, beschädigen, schmälernGerman
- descomponer, empeorar, deteriorarSpanish
- خدشه دار کردنPersian
- haitata, heikentääFinnish
- affaiblir, abîmer, détériorerFrench
- domajarIdo
- beschadigen, verzwakken, verslechterenDutch
- piorar, diminuir, enfraquecer, prejudicar, empiorarPortuguese
- ослаблятьRussian
- azaltmak, zayıflatmak, zarar vermek, sınırlamak, kötüleştirmekTurkish
- 妨害Chinese
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