'attenuate' definitions:
Definition of 'attenuate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording" [syn: attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened]
verb
Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) [syn: rarefy, attenuate]
verb
Become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
Synonyms of 'attenuate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- adulterate,
- alleviate,
- attenuated,
- baptize,
- bate,
- blow off,
- blunt,
- cast forth,
- clear away,
- constrict,
- consume,
- contract,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cut,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deaden,
- debilitate,
- deflate,
- dematerialize,
- devitalize,
- dilute,
- disable,
- disembody,
- dispel,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- drive away,
- dry up,
- dull,
- ease,
- emacerate,
- emaciate,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- etherealize,
- evaporate,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- expand,
- extenuate,
- gruel,
- irrigate,
- lay low,
- lessen,
- macerate,
- mitigate,
- parch,
- preshrink,
- rare,
- rarefied,
- rarefy,
- rattle,
- reduce,
- reedy,
- remit,
- Sanforize,
- sap,
- sear,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shrink,
- shrivel,
- slacken,
- slender,
- slight,
- slim,
- soften up,
- spiritualize,
- subtile,
- subtilize,
- subtle,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- thin away,
- thin down,
- thin out,
- twiggy,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- volatilize,
- waste,
- waste away,
- water,
- water down,
- weaken,
- weazen,
- wither,
- wizen